Not exact matches
Certainly a few
reformers, notably those of a civil rights orientation, have battled strongly against the waiver gambit; this includes Alliance for Excellent
Education, which has
rallied organizations, along with congressional leaders such
as Rep. George Miller (who helped craft No Child) to beat back against the administration's efforts to allow states to game graduation rates.
Given the collapse of the Campaign for High School Equity (which once served
as the convening body for civil rights - based
reformers) and the efforts by the National
Education Association and American Federation of Teachers to co-opt such groups by peddling a version of accountability that lets states, school operators, and adults off the hook for failure, Ed Trust deserves praise for
rallying so many civil rights players to stand up for our most - vulnerable children.
Meanwhile,
as the Hartford Courant wrote yesterday, in addition to Biddle's efforts, the extremist «
education reformer» Michelle Rhee will be joining Malloy at the March 14th
rally.