Martha Kanter pushes to boost student performance nationwide
by Chris Kenrick From a hushed corner office overlooking the Capitol dome and the Washington Mall, former Midpeninsula resident Martha Kanter pursues on a grand scale her quest to help the underdog. Kanter, chancellor of the Foothill-De Anza Community College District from 2003 to 2009, was tapped last year by President Barack Obama to be undersecretary of education — the first top-level …

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