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Long-time Urban Superintendent Discusses Public Education, National Standards, and More NEW YORK, June 23 /PRNewswire/ -- In the latest posting on DistrictLeadersPodcast.com, Dr. Arlene C.

By Mensah M. Dean, Philadelphia Daily News Jun. 2--THE BIG OFFICE on the third floor of the Philadelphia School District administration building was not ready for prime time last week. The desk, chairs, bookcases and file cabinets were topsy-turvy, the walls nearly bare.

By Mensah M. Dean, Philadelphia Daily News May 24--THE Philadelphia School District yesterday made public the contract of its incoming chief executive officer, Arlene Ackerman, nearly three weeks after she signed the document.

By Pat Berman, The State, Columbia, S.C. Nov. 3--Bettye Ackerman Jaffe, who died Wednesday at age 82, wasn't looking for fame and fortune when she graduated from Columbia College in 1945 and left soon after for New York with one new dress, $25 in her pocket and dreams of being a serious actress.