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In the midst of a year marked by scandal, Teachers College received a major pick-me-up on Feb. 28 with trustee John Klingenstein’s gift of $20 million—the largest single donation ever given to TC— to the institution’s Klingenstein Center, which is devoted to the advancement of private schools. While the boon to private education may seem odd at a time when many indicators suggest that public schools are in crisis, the center’s advocates are only too happy to explain its importance.

Teachers College received its largest gift yet of $20 million last week, earmarked for private school leadership programs. According to a TC press release, trustee John Klingenstein and his wife Pat donated the money in support of the 30-year-old Klingenstein Center for Independent School Education.