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We lost a giant last weekend. David Kearns blazed a trail of innovation
as CEO of Xerox and then answered a plea from former President George
H.W. Bush to serve as U.S. Deputy Secretary of Education. There, among
many other accomplishments, he created New American Schools, the
non-profit that fostered “whole-school” models such as Expeditionary
Learning and Modern Red Schoolhouse – and in doing so, served as a
seedbed for the charter movement. Here
is yesterday’s eloquent floor statement by his former boss, now U.S.
Senator Lamar Alexander. Note the history he traces, as well as his
testimony to the respect and fondness Kearns inspired in everyone who
knew him.
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