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AirTalk® FOR January 18, 2019

Amidst LAUSD teachers’ strike, we talk with California education superintendent Tony Thurmond

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Amidst LAUSD teachers’ strike, we talk with California education superintendent Tony Thurmond

Tony Thurmond earlier this month was sworn in as the state’s education superintendent.
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