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Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, recently criticized the Trump administration’s effort to shut down the Education Department, saying it “sends a message that the ...

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said he's working to root out bureaucracy from within the company's ranks as part of an effort to reset its culture. "I would say bureaucracy is really anathema to startups and ...

Pauline McGuirk receives funding from the Australian Research Council, DP200100176 Innovating Urban Governance: Practices for Enhanced Urban Futures, the study on which this article is based. Laura ...