Sentences with phrase «funded education reform advocacy groups»

Although they noted the massive expenditure by the lead education reform group, Families for Excellent Schools, which is based in New York, they didn't total all of the funds being spent by the corporate funded education reform advocacy group.

readers will recall, Mandel and his aide, Meghan Lowney, played the pivotal role in the creation of Excel Bridgeport, Inc. the corporate funded education reform advocacy group that supported Malloy's education reform bill, worked to pass Bridgeport Mayor Bill Finch's failed charter revision proposal to do away with an elected board of education in Bridgeport and has been the biggest boosters for Paul Vallas and Kenneth Moales Jr, the disgraced former chair of the Bridgeport Board of Education.

Educators 4 Excellence (E4E) is the corporate funded education reform advocacy group that purports to be «working across the state to provide a more elevated teaching profession and improved student outcomes.»

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Chandra M. Hayslett, Communications Director [email protected] 212-257-4350 New Yorkers Overwhelmingly Want Deal on New Teacher Evaluation System New Poll Shows Robust and Resilient Support; No Excuse Seen for Losing $ 300 million New York (Nov. 29, 2012)-- A new teacher evaluation system that would ensure that New York City received $ 300 million in additional State education funding enjoys overwhelming support among City voters in general and parents in particular, according to a new poll released today by StudentsFirstNY, the education reform advocacy group, and conducted by Anzalone Liszt Research.

The Connecticut Council for Education Reform (CCER) is a corporate funded lobbying and advocacy group that is working to support Governor Malloy's education reform iniEducation Reform (CCER) is a corporate funded lobbying and advocacy group that is working to support Governor Malloy's education reform initiaReform (CCER) is a corporate funded lobbying and advocacy group that is working to support Governor Malloy's education reform inieducation reform initiareform initiatives.

According to the latest lobbying reports filed by the various corporate education reform lobbying groups with the Office of State Ethics, the corporate - funded advocacy organizations that support charter schools, the Common Core and the absurd Common Core testing scheme spent more than $ 1.9 million lobbying Malloy and the legislature in 2015.

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.

27) Think Tanks: A refresher: here is a guide to the corporations, right - wing funders, advocacy groups, and think tanks backing the education reform movement, courtesy of Media Matters.

Sackler was also the funding force behind the corporate education reform advocacy groups ConnCAN, ConnAD, and the national education reform advocacy group 50 - CAN.

Families for Excellent Schools (FES) is a major New York City based, corporate funded, charter school and education reform advocacy group.

Since Malloy introduced his «Education Reform» agenda, the charter school industry and the corporate funded «education reform» advocacy groups have hired dozens of lobbyists and spent nearly $ 7 million, or more, to «persuade» Connecticut officials to adopt policies that are diametrically opposed to what is in the best interests of Connecticut students, parents, teachers and public schooEducation Reform» agenda, the charter school industry and the corporate funded «education reform» advocacy groups have hired dozens of lobbyists and spent nearly $ 7 million, or more, to «persuade» Connecticut officials to adopt policies that are diametrically opposed to what is in the best interests of Connecticut students, parents, teachers and public school sReform» agenda, the charter school industry and the corporate funded «education reform» advocacy groups have hired dozens of lobbyists and spent nearly $ 7 million, or more, to «persuade» Connecticut officials to adopt policies that are diametrically opposed to what is in the best interests of Connecticut students, parents, teachers and public schooeducation reform» advocacy groups have hired dozens of lobbyists and spent nearly $ 7 million, or more, to «persuade» Connecticut officials to adopt policies that are diametrically opposed to what is in the best interests of Connecticut students, parents, teachers and public school sreform» advocacy groups have hired dozens of lobbyists and spent nearly $ 7 million, or more, to «persuade» Connecticut officials to adopt policies that are diametrically opposed to what is in the best interests of Connecticut students, parents, teachers and public school system.

According to the group's most recent filing with the State Ethics Commission (filed yesterday), the corporate funded education reform advocacy front group also spent $ 14,000 for subway sandwiches and $ 6,771 to Staples to pay for the signs demanding that Connecticut legislators hand over nearly $ 21 million in scarce taxpayer money so that the infamous Steve Perry can open a publicly funded, but privately owned charter school in Bridgeport and a Bronx, New York charter school chain can save Stamford by opening up a charter school there.

Among the «teacher advocacy group's» major funders is Education Reform Now, another corporate funded advocacy group that spends its money promoting charter schools and an end to tenure and «seniority - based layoff.»

Shavar Jeffries, the mouthpiece for a corporate funded, New York based, charter school advocacy group that calls itself «Democrats for Education Reform (DFER)» uses the space to urge Connecticut legislators to DEFEAT a bill that, if passed, would require Governor Dannel Malloy and his administration to develop an honest and effective teacher evaluation system rather than continue with Malloy's present program that is dependent on the results of the unfair, inappropriate and discriminatory Common Core Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) testing scheme.

Claiming to have over 100 chapters across the country, the «student run» advocacy group has, as of late last summer, collected more than $ 7.3 million since its inception to fund their «education reform» activities.

The Connecticut Council for Education Reform Inc. (CCER) is a corporate funded «education reform» advocacy group that has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars promoting Governor Dannel Malloy's pro-charter school, pro-Common Core, anti-teacher iniEducation Reform Inc. (CCER) is a corporate funded «education reform» advocacy group that has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars promoting Governor Dannel Malloy's pro-charter school, pro-Common Core, anti-teacher initiaReform Inc. (CCER) is a corporate funded «education reform» advocacy group that has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars promoting Governor Dannel Malloy's pro-charter school, pro-Common Core, anti-teacher inieducation reform» advocacy group that has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars promoting Governor Dannel Malloy's pro-charter school, pro-Common Core, anti-teacher initiareform» advocacy group that has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars promoting Governor Dannel Malloy's pro-charter school, pro-Common Core, anti-teacher initiatives.

Both Democrats for Education Reform and the Northeast Charter School Network are corporate - funded charter school advocacy groups based in New York City and both receive the bulk of their money from the billionaires and millionaires who are trying to privatize public education in the UniteEducation Reform and the Northeast Charter School Network are corporate - funded charter school advocacy groups based in New York City and both receive the bulk of their money from the billionaires and millionaires who are trying to privatize public education in the Uniteeducation in the United States.

According to Achieve Hartford's own website, the education reform advocacy group is funded by some of the most powerful corporate education reform industry companies in the country including the Aetna, Prudential, Travelers, Bank of America, ING, The Phoenix and Metro - Hartford Alliance.

Recently, Carmen L. Lopez, a retired Superior Court judge, raised a series of concerns about Excel Bridgeport, a corporate funded education advocacy group that has been actively pushing an «education reform» agenda.

Sackler, a Greenwich resident whose company, Purdue Pharma, makes OxyContin, is Connecticut's leading pro-charter school advocate, having founded and funded Connecticut's major Corporate Education Reform Industry advocacy groups including ConnCAN, ConnAD and A Better Connecticut.

«A Better Connecticut PAC,» which was set up by ConnCAN, the charter school advocacy group that helped fund the record - breaking lobbying campaign behind Malloy's education reform legislation.