Not exact matches
With
education policy set to play an important part in the May general election campaign, debates
around the future direction of the school system will take place against the backdrop of fast - paced
reforms made during the coalition's time in
office.
To achieve scale with quality in Albany has required spending of about $ 500,000 per school for start - up grants, with an annual central
office expense (for the Foundation for
Education Reform & Accountability and the Brighter Choice Foundation) of
around $ 1 million.
This year, more than two dozen paid lobbyists are running
around the State Capitol and Legislative
Office Building working to divert more money to charter schools, while supporting the Common Core SBAC testing scam and other «
education reform» agenda items.
New Profit, Inc. also «invests» in a variety of other corporate
education reform industry companies and front groups including Educators 4 Excellence, a New York based anti-union advocacy group that recently opened
offices in Connecticut; the Kipp Charter School Chain, a company that runs well over 100 charter schools
around the nation; the «Achievement Network» and «Turnaround for Children,» two other corporate
education reform organizations.