«We are incredibly pleased to announce that Ann Duplessis, a
distinguished leader in the education reform movement in Louisiana and across the nation, has joined our board of directors at the American Federation for Children,» said Bill Oberndorf, chairman of the American Federation for Children.
A
national leader in education reform — and recent winner of the Broad Prize for best public charter school network in the country — Success Academy has long been committed to advancing education reform nationally by sharing its content and approach, and inviting others across the country to access and adapt what we teach and how we teach it.
In 1984, Louisiana, a state not known as
a leader in education reform, took the dramatic step of requiring that every high - school student in the state take Algebra I as part of a series of three mathematics courses required for graduation.
RI is small but impactful,
a leader in education reform across the country.
The state has long been viewed as
a leader in education reform across the nation, sitting atop National Assessment for Educational Progress (NAEP) test scores in Reading and Math for a number of years.
Founded in 1997 as one of the original charter school networks and awarded as
a leader in education reform, Mosaica has since expanded to also serve students in public, private and online school settings.
Since 2008, scores from the TCAP and its predecessor, CSAP, have gone up and down slightly, adding up to not much change in a state at the forefront of testing and considered
a leader in education reform.
Pam Moran has been
a leader in education reform in Virginia over the past several years as the state moved from testing to transformation.
«The Charter School Incubator will greatly expand our thriving network of high - quality charter school options for Indianapolis children and further strengthen the city's position as a national
leader in education reform,» said Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard.
«I truly believe that we need to be
leaders in education reform,» said Brenda Smith, president of AFT Colorado.
We have a major challenge ahead of us to reverse these policy mistakes and I hope that this can be a «wake up» call for the need to rebuild the leadership consensus that once made Texas the national
leader in education reform.
Teachers need to be
the leaders in education reform in this country.
Maryland, another RttT winner that has also been a national
leader in education reform, made big promises in its application, too.
* Howard Fuller is a national
leader in education reform and policy, a former Superintendent of Milwaukee Public Schools and the founder of the Black Alliance for Educational Options.