Education advocate rips Florida's choice for education commissioner

12/12/12 Seán Kinane
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Tags: Tony Bennett, education, Board of Education, education commissioner, schools, FCAT, Jeb Bush, teachers

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Susan Smith.


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Florida has a new Education Commissioner, but not everyone's happy about Wednesday's selection.

The state Board of Education chose ousted Indiana Schools superintendent Tony Bennett.

In November he lost his re-election bid.

Joining me is public education advocate Susan Smith, she was at the interviews for the three finalists Tuesday.



Part 1 of the interview:



Part 2 of the interview:

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