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<title>RELEASE: Sacramento Bee Endorses Tuck in SSPI Race</title>
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<p><strong>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</strong><br>
May 16, 2014<br>
Contact: Cynara Lilly (m) 206.915.7821 -or- <a href="mailto:[email protected]?subject=Press%20Inquiry">[email protected]</a></p>
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<h1 class="release">Sacramento insiders attack Tuck with false ads</h1>
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<p>This week, a political committee funded by Sacramento labor unions started airing more than $1 million in negative radio ads&mdash;using false and personal attacks in a blatant effort to buy the State Superintendent of Public Instruction election for their handpicked candidate, Tom Torlakson. These ads are part of an estimated $4 million offensive aimed at attacking Marshall Tuck with misleading claims about his success in turning around 17 of the lowest-performing schools in Los Angeles. </p><p>The real facts: California schools rank 45th in the nation. Over 2 million kids can’t read or write at grade level. </p><p>Instead of debating the issues, Torlakson and his Sacramento backers are spending big to attack Marshall Tuck personally. These attacks are just the latest evidence that Tuck’s campaign represents a real threat to the broken status quo. Tuck has earned endorsements from every major newspaper in California, along with former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson.</p><p>Earlier today, a group of teachers, parents, and principals from the Partnership schools set the record straight in a <a href="http://act.marshalltuck.com/media/2014/5/16/cta-attack-ads"><strong>public letter</strong></a>. The details of the false and misleading statements are clarified below, and when you look at the facts, it’s clear: their attack is an outright distortion.</p>
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<h3 class="release about">About Marshall Tuck</h3>
<p>Marshall Tuck is the only candidate for State Superintendent with a proven record of increasing graduation rates, improving student achievement, and turning around failing schools.</p>
<p>Tuck served most recently as founding CEO of the Partnership for Los Angeles Schools, former Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa’s groundbreaking collaboration with the Los Angeles Unified School District to operate 17 struggling public elementary, middle, and high schools, serving 15,000 students.</p>
<p>Under Tuck’s leadership, the Partnership schools increased four-year graduation rates by over 60%, improved school safety and student attendance, and launched the innovative Parent College, which became a national model for getting parents more involved in their kids’ education. Over the last 5 years, the Partnership schools ranked #1 in academic improvement among school systems with more than 10,000 students.</p>
<p>Prior to launching the Partnership, Tuck was President of Green Dot Public Schools, a leading charter school operator based in Los Angeles. Tuck joined Green Dot in 2002, when it had one school, and helped them expand to 10 charter high schools by 2006. With a student-centered approach that empowered principals, teachers, and parents, Green Dot schools substantially outperformed comparable schools’ graduation rates and overall academic achievement.</p>
<p>Before devoting his career to helping students, Tuck was an executive at Model N, a successful enterprise software company based in the Bay Area. Prior to that, he worked in finance, and spent a year teaching and doing service work internationally, primarily in Zimbabwe and Thailand.</p>
<p>The son of a teacher, Tuck was born in Burlingame, CA and attended parochial elementary school and public middle and high schools. He graduated from UCLA and Harvard Business School. Tuck currently lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Mae, and their son Mason.</p>
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