Will the president-elect lean toward someone from the more innovative end of the reform movement (the group Democratic Rep. George Miller, who heads the U.S. House education committee, admiringly calls the “Disrupters”) or a candidate with close ties to the teachers’ unions?

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The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency knew dissident military officers were planning a coup in 2002 against Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, according to purported U.S. intelligence documents posted on the Internet.
 
Citing the documents, Chavez lashed out at U.S. officials on Thursday, saying they knew a coup was brewing but failed to tip off Venezuela’s government.
 
“The CIA [...]

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