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Amanda Olberg
1.28.2010

While Joel Klein braves a blizzard during his last week as NYC schools chancellor, Kaya Henderson waffles over whether she would want the DC schools chancellor position permanently?perhaps contributing to the buzz around Robert C. Bobb as a potential pick for the position.? In other news, it has been shown that cell phones in classrooms hurt both student concentration and certain prosecution cases.

-Amanda Olberg, Fordham Intern

Tags: Joel Klein Kaya Henderson New York

Amanda Olberg is a Research Assistant at the Thomas B. Fordham Institute. She graduated from Cornell University in May 2009 with a degree in Applied Economics and Management. She spent the past year serving as an AmeriCorps VISTA at the Ithaca Youth Bureau, a local government agency in Upstate New York, and is thrilled now to have the opportunity to work at the Thomas B. Fordham Institute. 

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