Sentences with phrase «funded education reform organizations»

Connecticut Council on Education Reform is the New Haven - based, corporate - funded education reform organization that joined ConnCAN and Michelle Rhee's Students First / GNEPSA in running television ads supporting Malloy's reforms.

Today he serves as the Executive Director for the Connecticut Chapter of Teach for America and President of the Board of Directors of Excel Bridgeport, Inc., a corporate funded education reform organization that he co-founded with Meghan Lowney, an aide to billionaire, hedge fund owner Steven Mandel.

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Education Reform Now, a pro-charter school organization that is pushing to lift the cap in hopes of improving the state's Round II application for «Race to the Top» funds, has a new radio ad up that darkly hints about getting «rid» of any lawmakers who oppose rReform Now, a pro-charter school organization that is pushing to lift the cap in hopes of improving the state's Round II application for «Race to the Top» funds, has a new radio ad up that darkly hints about getting «rid» of any lawmakers who oppose reformreform.

The governor proposes increasing education funding by $ 1.1 billion (only half of the $ 2.2 billion that nearly every education and student - focused organization in the state is demanding), but only if the legislature agrees to draconian education reforms that mistakenly blame teachers for poor student outcomes in underfunded, high need, low wealth districts.

The conditions were ideal for this groundbreaking shift: a citywide consensus that the old system had failed; a once - in - a-lifetime opportunity to build a new system from scratch; the availability of federal school start - up funds; and the keen interest of education entrepreneurs, foundations, and support organizations in seeing this bold reform succeed.

Indeed, the reality of the matter is that both of California's teachers» organizations support Gavin Newsom because he has pledged to work with them rather than join the billionaire boys club behind corporate education reform efforts and the unregulated spread of charter schools that will continue to drain funding from other public schools and, if left unchecked, ultimately undermine public education itself.

Sackler is also a member of the board of directors of the NewSchools Venture Fund, a national hedge fund industry - funded organization that is promoting the corporate education reform industry's activitFund, a national hedge fund industry - funded organization that is promoting the corporate education reform industry's activitfund industry - funded organization that is promoting the corporate education reform industry's activities.

• is made up of hedge fund managers (Whitney Tilson, John Petry, et al) and billionaires (Eli Broad, who funds DFER's sister organization Education Reform Now.)

Other organizations behind the effort are «Teach for America, StudentsFirst, Democrats for Education Reform (the Wall Street hedge fund managers), The New Teacher Project, Jeb Bush's rightwing Chiefs for Change and his Foundation for Educational Excellence.»

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.

After all, students are just as adversely impacted by «education reform» as the teachers, and thus their parents and also community organizations who serve children and their parents could be vital allies in this fight against powerful and well funded opponents.

I think about the visits from the Policy Director of the New Teacher Project, and the former aide to New York City charter operator, Eva Moskowitz, who said she was moving to Portland and trying to set up a chapter of Democrats for Education Reform, the pro-charter, hedge - fund driven organization.

Though not himself a DFER board member, Broad is a major funder of Education Reform Now, DFER's nonprofit sister organization, also headed by Joe Williams.

Educators 4 Excellence is a two year - old organization, funded by the Gates Foundation (among others) and set up by the corporate education reform trifecta of Education Reform Now (ERN), Education Reform Now Advocacy (ERNA) and Democrats for Education Reforeducation reform trifecta of Education Reform Now (ERN), Education Reform Now Advocacy (ERNA) and Democrats for Education Reform (reform trifecta of Education Reform Now (ERN), Education Reform Now Advocacy (ERNA) and Democrats for Education ReforEducation Reform Now (ERN), Education Reform Now Advocacy (ERNA) and Democrats for Education Reform (Reform Now (ERN), Education Reform Now Advocacy (ERNA) and Democrats for Education ReforEducation Reform Now Advocacy (ERNA) and Democrats for Education Reform (Reform Now Advocacy (ERNA) and Democrats for Education ReforEducation Reform (Reform (DFER).

Local Republican financier Benson Whitney, chair of the board of the education reform organization MinnCAN (the state - level branch of 50CAN) and a supporter of Samuels, gave $ 2,500 of the $ 26,000, while California charter school investor and SFER board member Adam Cioth provided the other $ 23,500 in funds.

In addition to «The Big Six,» other organizations that are presently lobbying Connecticut legislators in favor of the charter school and «education reform» agenda include the Bronx Charter School for Excellence, the North East Charter Schools Network, Achievement First, Inc., the large charter school chain with schools in New York, Connecticut and Rhode Island, and Families for Excellent Schools, the New York - based lobbing and political entity that bused in charter school students and parents from as far away as New York City and Boston last year to rally in support of Malloy's efforts to hand charter schools even more public funds.

The Connecticut Council for Education Reform (CCER) purports to be a non-partisan, 501 (c)(3)(non-profit) organization, but their agenda is extremely political and their funds are being used to undermine Connecticut's public schools and unfairly label Connecticut's public school students and teachers.

Just six weeks ago, on February 21, 2013, she went before the General Assembly's Appropriations Committee to speak in favor of more funding for charter schools and Governor Malloy's education reforms saying, «I am here representing Jumoke Academy and its charter management organization Fuse, as its Chief Operating Officer...»

In an article entitled, Inside A Big Poker Tournament With Hedge Funders, Poker Pros, And Legendary NYC Athletes, Business Insider reported that the event raises «funds for Education Reform Now, an advocacy organization that's committed to making sure all kids can access high - quality public educatioEducation Reform Now, an advocacy organization that's committed to making sure all kids can access high - quality public educationeducation.»

Although the three organizations are funded primarily from local taxpayer funds and are supposed to be advocating for local public schools, all three have spent the last three years lobbying for Governor Malloy's restrictive, centralized and top - down Corporate Education Reform Industry agenda... An agenda that undermines local control of education, seeks to limit the rights of parents, denigrates teachers and turns Connecticut's public schools into little more than Common Core testing fEducation Reform Industry agenda... An agenda that undermines local control of education, seeks to limit the rights of parents, denigrates teachers and turns Connecticut's public schools into little more than Common Core testing feducation, seeks to limit the rights of parents, denigrates teachers and turns Connecticut's public schools into little more than Common Core testing factories.

DFER is the corporate and elite funded pro-education entity that serves as the political wing of Education Reform Now and its sister organization, Education Reform Now Advocacy.

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Perhaps the most pressing concern for charter networks and organizations is that they are funded by some of the same prominent financiers who supported Trump and they operate in the same sphere as DeVos, a prominent education reform donor and advocate for school choice who is worth an estimated $ 5 billion.

As part of the federal welfare reform of 1996, Congress recognized the need to promote responsible fatherhood as a way to support child wellbeing.2 During the 106th Congress (1999 - 2000), Congress provided funding to the National Fatherhood Initiative (NFI), a non-profit organization that works with government agencies, the military, corrections departments, and community organizations to create fatherhood programs.3 Concurrently, Congress also provided funding to evaluate the Institute for Responsible Fatherhood and Family Revitalization's fatherhood program, signaling the federal government's commitment to researching and assessing the impact of responsible fatherhood programs.4 Although Presidents Clinton, Bush, and Obama included funding for responsible fatherhood programs in each of their budgets, it was not until the 109th Congress of 2005 - 2006 that the Healthy Marriage Promotion and Responsible Fatherhood (HMPRF) grants program was created and funded under the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 beginning in FY2006 and continuing through FY2010.5 The program was subsequently reauthorized under the Claims Resolution Act of 2010.6 The HMPRF programs support healthy marriage, responsible parenting, and economic stability activities, and are funded through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration of Children and Families» (ACF) Office of Family Assistance (OFA).7 The HMPRF programs have continued to receive funds through FY2016.8 Healthy Marriage and Relationship Education grantees, the New Pathways for Fathers and Families grantees, and Responsible Fatherhood Opportunities for Reentry and Mobility (ReFORM) grantees are currently funded from FY2015 through FY2020.9