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John Fager

John C. Fager, former education columnist for the New York Daily News, was a parent leader in the NYC public schools in the 1980s and '90s and is currently a teacher. His work has also appeared in the New York Times, Washington Monthly, Newsday and the New York Post.

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  • Leave No Tax Cheat Behind

    October 10, 2006

    If President Bush and the Republican Congress would close the loopholes on tax cheats--especially the superrich--there would be ample money to improve the quality of education in the nation's public schools.

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