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CEO of Learning Policy Institute & Founder of the Stanford University Center for Opportunity Policy in Education; Leader of President Obama’s Education Policy Transition Team

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Host & Executive Producer, Democracy Now!

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Marti MacGibbon

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James Garbarino

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