Petry is also a founder of Education Reform Now, one of the most active
charter school advocacy organizations in the nation and one that has spent millions trying to undermine teachers and the teacher's union in New York City.
Charter schools in Los Angeles are generally producing stronger academic growth than traditional public schools in the city, according to a report released last week by
a charter school advocacy organization.
However, even though I work for
a charter school advocacy organization, I do not consider myself pro-charter.
I also work for
a charter school advocacy organization, the Northeast Charter Schools Network, and before that I worked for an all Black school choice advocacy organization.
--- Patrick Riccards, education reform lobbyist and CEO of ConnCAN,
a charter school advocacy organizations created by Achievement First Inc., which is Connecticut's largest charter school management company.