Sentences with phrase «backed by education reformers»

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New York's education cartel has been set back on its heels by a new breed of reformers, and the unions need someone to blame.

Given the strong union support for the Obama presidency, there was great speculation within education circles throughout the fall as to whether the new president would turn out to be a reformer — willing to challenge existing practices and the teachers unions in order to achieve dramatic changes in schools — or play it politically safe by backing programs that brought only marginal changes.

However, some boards of education are pushing back on the over-generalized claims and mythical stories put forth by education reformers regarding the efficacy of standardization and testing systems.

Parents need to start this revolution by opting out their children from state testing programs in order to take back public education from the corporate reformers who are destroying the education of our children.

And teachers are firing back saying, you know, these corporate reformers, as they call them, are undermining public education by pushing charter schools vouchers and trying to roll back teacher tenure.

Torlakson was the teachers union candidate while Tuck was backed by so - called education reformers.

Incumbent board president Steve Zimmer, backed by labor, is running against the education reformer Nicholas Melvoin; in another district, labor - backed Imelda Padilla is facing off against the charter - backed Kelly Fitzpatrick - Gonez in an open race.

• Michelle Rhee, former chancellor of DC Public Schools and one of the country's most well - known «education reformers,» knew early on about widespread testing irregularities and possible cheating — far earlier than she has claimed publicly to have known, according to a confidential memo that was sent to her back in 2009 and obtained by PBS» John Merrow.

This is because the federal government ultimately amplifies education policy decisions made at the state level, especially by those reform - minded governors and legislators (along with reformers) who also seek help from the federal level to beat back opposition to their efforts by entrenched traditionalist interests.

After the loss, Salon Magazine wrote, «Joshua Thompson, Finch's director of education and youth, defended the unsuccessful effort, saying the mayor was following the recommendations of «a report handed back to him» by a charter commission that was based on testimony by academics and «major reformers» like former New York City schools chief Joel Klein.

Average citizens defeated a Bridgeport charter revision proposal backed by a veritable who's who of well - endowed corporate education reformers.

There is a group of corporations, led by a group of «education reformers,» and backed by a group of Republican and Democratic politicians, all of whom are engaged in an effort to destroy public education, and hand the nation's education system over to corporations and consultants, who can make a huge amount of money.

Despite the reluctance of school administrators to speak up and push back against this ludicrous accountability exercise that has been promoted by politicians and corporate education reformers who have many self - interested reasons for maintaining this misguided testing endeavor, it is well - known that the «standardized» testing mandate only serves to continue the false narrative of failing American public education in order to drive the profit - making agenda of those who seek to privatize education and undermine the public trust.

In short, No Child is helping reformers beat back the racialist Poverty and Personal Responsibility myths held by traditionalists (and even some of their reform allies) that is at the heart of the nation's education crisis.