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Press Pass: Who is the new NYSED Commissioner?

WBFO-FM 88.7

Published June 16, 2015 at 8:53 AM EDT

Newly named State Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia has deep connections in the Buffalo region. In this week's Press Pass conversation WBFO'S Eileen Buckley and Buffalo News Education Reporter Tiffany Lankes discuss Elia's background. Lankes said Elia is a 'reformer who gets results'.

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