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Retiring $230K/Year Community College President Gets Raise

Matthew McDonald

The 2 percent salary increase for the president of Quinsigamond Community College in Worcester is effective July 1, 2016. The college's board wanted to give her a 5 percent raise.

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Warren Pens Letter of Concern to Betsy DeVos
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Warren Pens Letter of Concern to Betsy DeVos

Associated Press

BOSTON (AP) — U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren says she's troubled by the record of Donald Trump's pick for education secretary.

The Massachusetts Democrat said Betsy DeVos' advocacy for school choice and charter schools amounts to support for policies that would drain taxpayer dollars from public schools to "unaccountable private and for-profit operators."

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