Sentences with phrase «school choice groups»

Their board members include Dick DeVos, heir to the Amway fortune who has poured hundreds of thousands of dollars of seed money into school choice groups, and his wife Betsy DeVos, who actually runs AFC and is known for her conservative Christian right - wing ideology and for having poured millions into promoting voucher programs across the country.
Last month Rodriguez, an advocate for school vouchers, benefited from $ 45,645 spent on her behalf by the American Federation for Children, a national school choice group headed by Michigan billionaire Betsy DeVos, whose husband, Dick DeVos is heir to the Amway fortune.
An Indianapolis - based school choice group launched a website earlier this year that allows parents to shop around for schools.
For example, school choice groups such as the Center for Education Reform tout multiple authorizers as a key to expanding the number of charters serving communities and a way to get around traditional districts who want to kibosh choice.
The decision to put off the pilot program until at least next year incurred the wrath of the American Federation for Children, a school choice group DeVos once chaired.
In fact, school choice groups are poised to become the single most powerful lobby group in the state, edging out bankers and realtors; who would thought such a thing was possible just a few short years ago?
REACH will sometimes lend its support or help with studies and briefs put out by its National Partners, school choice groups or others as well.
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