The Network for Public Education, a nonprofit
education advocacy group co-founded by historian Diane Ravitch, is calling for a national «opt out» of high - stakes standardized testing.
A Better Connecticut is the latest charter school
advocacy group to develop out of ConnCAN, the
group that was created by Jonathan Sackler and the other deep financial pockets that funded the creation of Achievement First, Inc. the charter school management company that was
co-founded by Malloy's Commissioner of
Education, Stefan Pryor.