This week, Mike Petrilli talks with Jay about his book, Work Hard, Be Nice, about what KIPP means for
the larger education reform debate, and whether Hollywood has bought the rights to his story.
«Given that billions of dollars are being disbursed,» says Dennis Van Roekel, president of the National
Education Association, the country's largest teachers union, «it is reasonable that people are starting to raise concerns about how this flow of money is shaping our political debate about education reform and to ask if a handful of individuals are having undue influence in one of our nation's most important institution
Education Association, the country's
largest teachers union, «it is reasonable that people are starting to raise concerns about how this flow of money is shaping our political
debate about
education reform and to ask if a handful of individuals are having undue influence in one of our nation's most important institution
education reform and to ask if a handful of individuals are having undue influence in one of our nation's most important institutions.»
Achievement First Inc. one of the nation's
larger charter school management companies with 20 schools in New York and Connecticut, is rapidly expanding in Connecticut, despite the fact that the 2012
education reform debate is supposed to include a discussion about whether the state should make greater use of the charter school model.
Sackler, who helped Malloy's Commissioner of
Education, Stefan Pryor, create Achievement First Inc., the large charter school management company that owns at least 20 schools in Connecticut and New York, also played a pivotal role in forming Connecticut Coalition for Achievement Now Inc. (ConnCAN), Connecticut Coalition for Education Advocacy (ConnAD) and 50 - CAN, the national organization that has inserted ConnCAN - like organizations into the education reform debate in Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Rhod
Education, Stefan Pryor, create Achievement First Inc., the
large charter school management company that owns at least 20 schools in Connecticut and New York, also played a pivotal role in forming Connecticut Coalition for Achievement Now Inc. (ConnCAN), Connecticut Coalition for
Education Advocacy (ConnAD) and 50 - CAN, the national organization that has inserted ConnCAN - like organizations into the education reform debate in Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Rhod
Education Advocacy (ConnAD) and 50 - CAN, the national organization that has inserted ConnCAN - like organizations into the
education reform debate in Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Rhod
education reform debate in Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island.