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...outside contractors include Edison, based in New York City and the largest of the companies that manage public schools as a business; Victory Schools, a much smaller New York City firm with schools in that city aswell as in Baltimore, Md.; and the Chancellor Beacon Academies of Coconut Grove, Fla., which operates charter schools and private day schools around the country. Two nonprofit organizations were also given schools to run, and both Temple University and the University of Pennsylvania will provide extensive services atothers. In addition, the panel hired Paul Vallas,who oversaw major reforms in Chicago's schools...
Eileen J. Southern, the first black female professor at Harvard, died last Sunday in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla...
...married couple, Lauren Brockman and John Balla of Tampa, Fla., have decided that they are willing to put their economic status at risk in hope of finding a more fulfilling work life. Both were telecom executives; Brockman, 36, got laid off in July and Balla, 39, a few months earlier. Savings and unemployment benefits have kept them afloat, allowing them to hold on to their comfortable home and even their part-time nanny--for now. The job hunt has proved fruitless. "I don't think there's a position on Monster.com even tangentially related to our industry that he hasn...
...crowd three deep is gathered around a friendlier game, the Acme Crane Company, made by Benchmark Games of Hypoluxo, Fla. It's one of those old-fashioned grab-a-prize machines, updated with a hydraulic system that raises the platform holding the prizes. Improbably, it's one of the hot games at a show that is a mix of high-tech gimmickry and homey touches like corn dogs and inflatable scarecrows to attract spectators...
Hometown: Pam Beach Gardens, Fla...