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New Cuomo panel discusses education reform in Newburgh

Originally published: September 9, 2012 6:43 PM
Updated: September 10, 2012 8:29 PM
By DAVID NIELSEN

From left, Carrie Remis, Jean Desravines, Mary Anne

Photo credit: David Neilsen | From left, Carrie Remis, Jean Desravines, Mary Anne Schmitt-Carey, Matt Goldstein, Chairman Dick Parsons, and Irma Zardoya listen to testimony during a hearing of the Governer's education reform commission in Newburgh. (Sept. 10, 2012)

A crowd of about 100 people showed up at SUNY Orange County Community College in Newburgh on Monday to talk about education reform in front of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's New NY Education Reform Commission.

Chairman Dick Parsons, a former CEO at Time Warner, began the hearing by explaining the purpose of the commission, which was established last spring.

Parsons said the governor had asked the...

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