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Sacramento to be home for education-reform group, mayor says - Sacramento News - Local and Breaking Sacramento News | Sacramento Bee

Sacramento to be home for education-reform group, mayor says - Sacramento News - Local and Breaking Sacramento News | Sacramento Bee

Sacramento to be home for education-reform group, mayor says

The education-reform organization meant to bring substantial financial and political clout to the push for school improvement will be headquartered in Sacramento, Mayor Kevin Johnson announced today.

FILE - In this Jan. 6, 2011 file photo, Michelle Rhee, former D.C. public schools chief, speaks to staff and guests during a visit to a South Florida charter school in Opa-locka, Fla. Rhee is continuing her fight to improve the nation's classrooms through a new organization, Students First.