April 17, 2009
Education Dept. Gets a Nominee Who Champions the Underserved
In nearly two decades as a community-college leader, Martha J. Kanter has earned acclaim for a strong record helping disabled and low-income students graduate from college and for her bold efforts to overhaul curricula to help more students master basic skills.
Ms. Kanter has made such a mark as chancellor of the Foothill-De Anza Community College District, here in the heart of Silicon Valley, that it seems everybody knows her personally, down to the local middle-school students who
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