Sentences with phrase «education reform movement who»

That said, the truth is hardly a concern when it comes to the slick marketing and public relations tactics of the charter school industry and their allies in the corporate education reform movement who consistently — and wrongly — claim that American public education is a failure.

«Unfortunately, this is a lesson that needs to be relearned by some of my allies in the education reform movement who champion these independently run public schools.»

Not exact matches

It bestowed upon the church also the gift of highly educated and cultured ministers who, profoundly aware of the needs of modern life, became the proponents of the advancement of modern civilization and the leaders of many progressive movements in education and social reform.

McInerney is also a supporter of the charter schools movement and has donated $ 575,000 to New Yorkers for Independent Action, an education reform group pushing for a state tax credit for individuals who donate to charter or religious schools.

ALBANY — Teachers» unions are leveraging an unprecedented statewide protest of standardized testing in public schools as their latest weapon in a war with Governor Andrew Cuomo over education reform — whether the parent activists who began the so - called «opt out» movement like it or not.

Today «it's the right - wing reformers who are lowering standards,» says Diane Ravitch, a former assistant secretary of education and leading critic of the corporate education - reform movement, noting that Tony Bennett's final act after losing his re-election bid, last November, as Indiana superintendent of public instruction — he was recently appointed education commissioner in Florida — was to weaken the state's requirements for new teachers.

While the governor's positions are frequently embraced by Republicans and what has become known as the education reform movement, it is difficult to say whether they would hurt Mr. Cuomo, who is widely seen as having presidential aspirations, among Democrats nationally.

Allen runs the Center for Education Reform; Smarick is affiliated with Bellwether Education Partners and the Thomas B. Fordham Institute and served in the George W. Bush administration; Cody is a former Oakland teacher who blogs at edweek.org; and Klonsky is a former Students for a Democratic Society leader and an activist in the Chicago small - schools movement.

But if the education reform movement (in reality or perception) continues to be driven by privileged, white overachievers who are not attuned to or understanding of the broader context in which we do our work, we won't achieve our goals.

In addition, Robert capitalized on his ties to such national figures in the voucher movement as Wal - Mart heir John Walton and his American Education Reform Council; Howard Fuller, the former Milwaukee superintendent who now heads the Black Alliance for Educational Options; and the Institute for Justice, the voucher movement's legal brain trust.

The truth of the matter is that it's not just the education reform movement and its critics who are predominantly white & appear otherwise privileged.

NACSA's Board of Directors is comprised of a revered group of education advocates who have been on the forefront of the reform movement and who represent a diverse portfolio of educational institutions, districts, school boards, and not - for - profits.

They spent more than $ 20 million of the philanthropy on high - priced consultants, who have built something of an education industrial complex alongside the reform movement.

«Clinton's connections to the people who are involved in the education «reform» movement are pretty clear and out there,» said Peter Greene, a teacher and blogger in Franklin, Pa. «She has a lot of ties to the charter movement.»

«California's charter school law has initiated a broad reform movement consisting of parents and educators who are coming together to create new schools which are better meeting the needs of students and encouraging improvement throughout our public education system.

She celebrates 20 years of reform movement success, but never tempers such self - congratulatory narcissism with unpleasant questions about why those who have no interest in disrupting the American class structure — such as Bill Gates and the heirs to Sam Walton's fortunes, by far the most generous education reform philanthropists — are so keen to support the TFA insurgency.

It doesn't have to be the entire Democratic caucus, but I need eight to 10 votes to come along with me, so it's clear there's movement in the Democratic Party to support education reform,»» recalled Mr. Carroll, who was term - limited out of office in 2011.

While the governor's positions are frequently embraced by Republicans and what has become known as the education reform movement, it is difficult to say whether they would hurt Mr. Cuomo, who is widely seen as having presidential aspirations, among Democrats nationally.

Stephen H. Lazar, a teacher at the Bronx Lab School in New York City who plans to attend the SOS march, said he's been disappointed with Mr. Obama: «The president's education agenda is a symptom of the «reform» movement that has managed to capture the national narrative around education.»

Those who support corporate school reform have attempted to claim the mantle of the civil rights movement, with one of their biggest champions, former U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan calling education the «civil rights issue of our timEducation Secretary Arne Duncan calling education the «civil rights issue of our timeducation the «civil rights issue of our time.»

She agrees with Trump's assessment that education reform is a civil - rights issue, and she mentions in particular her friendship with Reverend H. K. Matthews, who was on the front lines of the civil - rights movement with Martin Luther King Jr..

It names and exposes the motives and methods of the powerful philanthropists, politicians, business moguls, and education entrepreneurs who are behind the reform movement.

She agrees with Trump's assessment that education reform is a civil - rights issue, and she mentions in particular her friendship with Reverend H. K. Matthews, who was on the front lines of the civil - rights movement with Martin Luther King

Baraka «tapped into misgivings about the previous mayor,» now U.S. Sen. Cory Booker, who had turned Newark's schools into «a laboratory for the education reform movement.»

Ray Budde, an education professor who defined the term charter school and stated the ideas that led to a nationwide school reform movement, died on June 11 in Springfield, Mass..

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«I am thankful for the opportunity to have worked with DFER, but believe that it is time to move past party politics and focus my skills and organizing with parents who form the true base of any education reform movement,» she said in a statement.

«I see what I do as part of a movement to shift the former mode of education reform by empowering those who work on the front lines and engaging diverse stakeholders in a way that transforms hearts and minds for the betterment of students.»

Stand for Children is a leading player in the «education reform» movement, with a special focus on moving corporate funds into political campaigns in order to reward candidates who support their cause and punish those who aren't on the school privatization bandwagon.

Harries received his «superintendent training» as a member of the 2009 class of the Broad Academy, the corporate education reform foundation that is funded by billionaire Eli Broad who is one of the three largest donors behind the education reform movement, along with Bill Gates and the Walton Family of Wal - Mart fame.

The calls for charter - school accountability come as Democrats who support the market and data - based movement that's become known as «education reform» seek to define themselves against Republicans who see charters as a privatizing alternative to vouchers.

Duncan, who stands at a lean 6» 5», defined himself early in his tenure as a persistent yet compromising free - marketer, part of an education reform movement that stresses the use of data and competition to improve schools — a departure from traditional Democratic education policy, which unquestionably supported teachers unions.

Shortly after he was elected with CEA's first endorsement in 2010, the governor of this state disrespected every teacher with his «tenure» comment, then promoted Common Core, supported the corporate education movement through charter schools, advocated for more and more standardized testing, hired an education commissioner who had absolutely no public school experience (in fact had ties to charter schools), chipped away at teacher security through negative tenure reform, and championed the complete elimination of the state contribution to the retired teacher's health insurance fund.