Sentences with phrase «driven education reform groups»

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The decrease is likely also driven by the changed political calculus for both unions and charter groups after most of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's sweeping education reform proposals failed during last year's legislative session.

One month after the South Dakota Legislature approved Gov. William J. Janklow's education - reform package, a group of law and citizens is working on a petition drive to put the bill up to public vote in next November's election.

Cuomo formed the education reform commission last year as the engine to drive his promise to shake up the state's school system, which, in his 2012 State of the State address, he painted as excessively expensive, under - performing, and driven by interest groups.

The event is also part of a local college campus recruiting drive for another front group, Students for Education Reform, an echo of the corporate reform group Democrats for Education RReform, an echo of the corporate reform group Democrats for Education Rreform group Democrats for Education ReformReform.

The group intends to champion additional funds to make quality public education available to everyone, and reject what Brazile called «market - driven» reforms that undermine the learning environment.

Lerner is a former communications manager for several reform - driven organizations, including the Fordham Institute and the advocacy group American Federation for Children, formerly chaired by Betsy DeVos, now the U.S. secretary of education.

These newer groups» brand of education reform is data driven and accountability focused: They're advocating for stricter teacher evaluations that take student student performance on standardized tests into consideration; merit pay for teachers; better professional development for teachers; and the elimination or fundamental reworking of teacher tenure.

«These groups are driving the education privatization movement forward by co-opting the education reform mantle.»