Sentences with phrase «education reform group studentsfirst»

The bill's defeat comes as disappointing news to the bill's supporters, which included education reform group StudentsFirst and LAUSD Superintendent John Deasy, who has been pushing to improve the teacher evaluation system in LAUSD.

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Which means, to our eyes at least, that what groups like Democrats for Education Reform, Stand for Children, and StudentsFirst are doing to challenge the hegemony of the unions is appropriate, important, and good for the country.

But looking at followers does allow a few additional groups to make the list: Reform powerhouse StudentsFirst, the Washington Post's and the Los Angeles Times's education feeds *, and AIR's education policy center, among others.

Also on Wednesday, a second coalition of 11 education reform and civil rights groups organized by Education Trust — sharing some of the same members and including Educators 4 Excellence, La Raza, DFER and StudentsFirst — wrote a letter to Harkin education reform and civil rights groups organized by Education Trust — sharing some of the same members and including Educators 4 Excellence, La Raza, DFER and StudentsFirst — wrote a letter to Harkin Education Trust — sharing some of the same members and including Educators 4 Excellence, La Raza, DFER and StudentsFirst — wrote a letter to Harkin and Enzi.

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However, following an ethics complaint it was later revealed that the money appeared to actually come from StudentsFirst, a national corporate education reform group that was headed, at the time, by Michelle Rhee.

Resolution 13 - 04.47 attacks education reform organizations such as StudentsFirst (a group led by Michelle Rhee) and Democrats for Education Reform (a group led by Gloriaeducation reform organizations such as StudentsFirst (a group led by Michelle Rhee) and Democrats for Education Reform (a group led by Gloria Roreform organizations such as StudentsFirst (a group led by Michelle Rhee) and Democrats for Education Reform (a group led by GloriaEducation Reform (a group led by Gloria RoReform (a group led by Gloria Romero).

... The local and national groups that signed the letter are Democrats for Education Reform, Education Reform Now, Educators 4 Excellence — New York, Families for Excellent Schools, National Council on Teacher Quality, NYCAN, StudentsFirst NY, Students for Education Reform — New York, Teach Plus, TNTP, and Turnaround for Children.

(In fact, Democrats for Education Reform is represented on the board of Brown's new group, as is StudentsFirst, an education group founded by former Washington, D.C., schools chancellor MichelEducation Reform is represented on the board of Brown's new group, as is StudentsFirst, an education group founded by former Washington, D.C., schools chancellor Micheleducation group founded by former Washington, D.C., schools chancellor Michelle Rhee.)

Are StudentsFirst and other «Education Reform» groups under investigation for Ethics Violations?

The Coalition for School Reform's District 6 (East San Fernando Valley) runoff election coffers have been replenished thanks to big donations received from Los Angeles philanthropist Eli Broad and StudentsFirst, Michelle Rhee's education advocacy group, among others.

Over the past six years of his career, while working in government and for education nonprofit groups like StudentsFirst and TNTP, he has specialized in breaking down complex education reform policy issues into easy - to - understand concepts.

Schools Week understands one such campaign, the StudentsFirst movement in America — an education reform group that pledged to empower parents — had «impressed» PTE's strategists as the «right way to take the debate to ordinary people».

This year, the superPAC has been funded primarily by the Firefighters union but in July, the superPAC received a $ 28,000 contribution from the advocacy arm of Michelle Rhee's education reform group, Parents and Teachers for Putting StudentsFirst.

SACRAMENTO — California Democrats on Sunday condemned efforts led by members of their own party to overhaul the nation's schools, arguing that groups such as StudentsFirst and Democrats for Education Reform are fronts for Republicans and corporate interests.

Taken together, Residents for a Better Bridgeport, StudentsFirst and Excel Bridgeport, a corporate sponsored education reform group, appear to have spent more than half a million dollars to persuade Bridgeport voters to give up their right to choose who should serve on the local Board of Eeducation reform group, appear to have spent more than half a million dollars to persuade Bridgeport voters to give up their right to choose who should serve on the local Board of EducationEducation.

on Are StudentsFirst and other «Education Reform» groups under investigation for Ethics Violations?

Scully's press release implies that the new blog is not affiliated, in any way, with ConnCAN, 50CAN, StudentsFirst, Achievement First, Council for Education Reform or any of the other corporate education reforEducation Reform or any of the other corporate education reform gReform or any of the other corporate education reforeducation reform greform groups.

The event, a veritable who's who of corporate education reformers, included the Chief Operating Officer of Michelle Rhee's StudentsFirst, a couple of national board members of Teach For America, members of KIPP's national board of directors, a board member of New Leaders Inc. (a program to «train» school administrators in the ways of education reformers) and one of the founders of the national group, Democrats for Educatioeducation reformers, included the Chief Operating Officer of Michelle Rhee's StudentsFirst, a couple of national board members of Teach For America, members of KIPP's national board of directors, a board member of New Leaders Inc. (a program to «train» school administrators in the ways of education reformers) and one of the founders of the national group, Democrats for Educatioeducation reformers) and one of the founders of the national group, Democrats for EducationEducation Reform.

(ConnCAN); Connecticut Coalition for Achievement Advocacy; StudentsFirst / GENEPSA (Michelle Rhee); Families for Excellent Schools Inc.; Families for Excellent Schools Advocacy Inc.; Connecticut Council for Education Reform Inc. (CCER); North East Charter Schools Network; Bronx Charter School of Excellence; Students for Education Reform; Educators 4 Excellence; Excel Bridgeport, Inc.; Achieve Hartford, Inc. and their newest front group, the Coalition for Every Child, are pumping more and more money into lobbying and advertising programs.

None of those groups are directly connected to the «other» charter school and Corporate Education Reform Industry groups that have spent money lobbying in Connecticut, including StudentsFirst and Students for Education Reform, which together dropped in over $ 1 million on behalf of Malloy's proposals.

Along with Michelle Rhee's StudentsFirst and other corporate funded education reform groups, ConnCAN's lobby levels broke all previous records for legislative lobbying.