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1. 1. www.dailynews.com

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   Published on: 6/30/2008   Last Visited: 7/1/2008

   In addition to Bass, former LAUSD Superintendent Ray Cortines has come out of retirement to work with Villaraigosa, and Marshall Tuck is chief executive of the partnership.

2. 2. CASEL | Core Staff

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   Published on: 6/17/2008   Last Visited: 6/17/2008

   Ray Cortines is the Senior Deputy Superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District.He was previously the Deputy Mayor for Education, Youth and Families for the City of Los Angeles.He has served as the Superintendent of the San Francisco, the San Jose, and the Los Angeles Unified School District as well as Chancellor of the New York City Schools.During the 1990s, he chaired a Department of Education transition team for President Clinton in 1992 and then served as Assistant Secretary for Intergovernmental and Interagency Affairs and for Human Resources, in the United States Department of Education.He has taught on the elementary, secondary, and higher education levels.

3. 3. LA Daily News - Cortines could aid alliance in school reform

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   Published on: 7/26/2006   Last Visited: 7/26/2006

   Cortines could aid alliance in school reform
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   The appointment of former LAUSD Superintendent Ray Cortines as Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's education deputy could defuse the increasingly bitter rhetoric over mayoral reform efforts in the nation's second-largest school district, officials said Tuesday.
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   Villaraigosa appointed Cortines, 74, on Monday as deputy mayor for Children, Youth and Their Families.
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   Cortines served as interim superintendent at Los Angeles Unified School District from 1999 to 2000.As deputy mayor, he plans to build a coalition of educational, corporate and philanthropic leaders to help reform and support Los Angeles' public schools.
   
   Cortines will be paid $130,000 a year when he assumes his job Aug. 1.
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   Cortines said he had not studied the details of Villaraigosa's proposal but said he believes a mayor must play a major role in public education.
   
   He also said he believes he can work with district officials on common goals, even as he pursues Villaraigosa's political effort.Cortines said he already has scheduled
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   We have been saying there are a number of things the city can do to help us, and Ray will be in charge of bringing those agencies together."
   
   Duffy said he has met with Cortines and believes the two share some views on the role of teachers and the need to reduce district bureaucracy.