Bruce Reed

Broad Education Foundation

Guest

President of the Broad Education Foundation, a Los Angeles-based philanthropy that works to improve urban public schools; former assistant to President Barack Obama and Chief-of-Staff to Vice President Joe Biden; former domestic policy advisor to then-President Clinton; former president of the Democratic Leadership Council and co-author of The Plan: Big Ideas for America

Bruce Reed on KCRW

A judge in Los Angeles made national headlines last week when he ruled that tenure and seniority rules protect bad teachers and make them almost impossible to fire.

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A judge in Los Angeles made national headlines last week when he ruled that tenure and seniority rules protect bad teachers and make them almost impossible to fire.

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"Strategists and consultants of both parties now believe the House is lost and Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi will become speaker.

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