This means that the financial (and political) muscle of the two unions is far greater than that
of school reform organizations such as Democrats for Education Reform, StudentsFirst (for which I used to work), Stand for Children, Black Alliance for Educational Options, and the American Federation for Children.
Today,
school reform organization EdBuild released an interactive mapping tool that shows some pretty stark examples of some of the patently crazy ways that school districts across the United States have drawn their borders.
As for Rhee, an attempt to schedule an interview with the ex-chancellor about her writing process fizzled after a spokeswoman for StudentsFirst,
her school reform organization, refused to arrange one.
That's the model of Teach for America, of course,
another school reform organization with which Brill is somewhat frustrated by the end of his book.