Myrna Castrejon

Great Public Schools Now

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Executive Director of the nonprofit Great Public Schools Now. 

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Austin Beutner is the new chief of the Los Angeles public school system. Beutner is a philanthropist, former deputy mayor, former LA Times publisher.

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Austin Beutner is the new chief of the Los Angeles public school system. Beutner is a philanthropist, former deputy mayor, former LA Times publisher.

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Last September, a confidential draft memo from an organization called Great Public Schools Now was published by the LA Times.

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