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FEATURED SPEAKER: JOEL KLEIN
Chancellor, New York City Department of Education
Joel Klein is the chancellor of the New York City Department of Education. In partnership with Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, Chancellor Klein launched Children First in 2002, a reform strategy that has brought coherence and capacity to the system, and resulted in significant increases in student performance. Formerly chairman and CEO of Bertelsmann, Inc., a media company, Mr. Klein served as assistant U.S. attorney general in charge of the antitrust dvision of the U.S. Department of Justice until September 2000 and was deputy White House counsel to President Clinton from 1993-1995. Chancellor Klein graduated from Columbia College (1967) and Harvard Law School (1971), both magna cum laude.
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