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In 2008, I was both excited and petrified to start my first year in the Philadelphia School District - and at the orientation for new teachers, I found myself sitting next to Tony Danza.

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Posted: Thu, Sep. 13, 2012, 12:00 AM

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A local teacher talks to Tony Danza about teaching in the city's public schools.

Meg Donnelly

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