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The Educated Guess NPR tunes in to Steve Poizner

The Educated Guess

NPR tunes in to Steve Poizner

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A reader pointed out that Republican gubernatorial candidate Steve Poizner continues to draw unflattering attention to “Mount Pleasant,” his autobiographical account– some might call it a novel – of his year teaching a government course at an East San Jose high school.
The National Public Radio show This American Life devoted half of last week’s hour-long show debunking Poizner’s harsh characterizations of the students and the East San Jose neighborhood around the high school. The show’s host, Ira Glass, flew into San Jose and interviewed neighbors, students and teachers along with checking into crime figures, dropout rates and Mount Pleasant test results.
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