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Top Stories: Plano ISD Superintendent Resigns; How Medical Interpreters Ensure Proper Care

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Brian Bingelli's contract ran through 2019.

The top local stories this morning from KERA News: Plano ISD officials remain tight-lipped about the departure of Superintendent Brian Binggeli. After just two years, Plano ISD officials cited “differing leadership philosophies” as the reason for his resignation.

Other stories this morning:

  • Some important medical decisions can get lost in translation between physicians and patients who speak a different. Anational study of multilingual physicians shows there’s a language gap between the different languages spoken by physicians and the patients and populations that they serve.

You can listen to North Texas stories weekdays at 8:22 a.m. and 6:20 p.m. on KERA 90.1 FM. 

Former KERA staffer Krystina Martinez was an assistant producer. She produced local content for Morning Edition and KERANews.org. She also produced The Friday Conversation, a weekly series of conversations with North Texas newsmakers. Krystina was also the backup newscaster for the Texas Standard.