Since the corporate education reform industry began ramping up their lobbying efforts as part of Governor Malloy's education reform initiative of 2012,
the various charter school advocates and education reform groups have spent a record breaking $ 7.9 million on behalf of their pro-charter school, pro-common core, anti-teacher agenda.
Since the corporate education reform industry began ramping up their lobbying efforts as part of Governor Malloy's education reform initiative of 2012,
the various charter school advocates and education reform groups have spent a record breaking $ 8.4 million on behalf of their pro-charter school, pro-Common Core, pro-Common Core testing, anti-teacher agenda.
Not exact matches
Some
advocates also stressed that
charter -
school students were outperforming traditional public -
school students on
various measures of achievement, a tactic used in Florida as well.
State - mandated teacher evaluations create
various problems, but they are particularly challenging for
charter schools, according to AEI and those who
advocate for more
charter schools.
If you've been following the education reform debate, you will have seen that
various news outlets have reported that over the past six years only two new
charter schools have opened even though there have been at least 20 applications from
charter advocates to open new programs.