By Devin Boyle, DFER Director of Communications
DFER Seen & Heard:
Op-ed Alert
- Joe Williams denounces the UFT’s recently filed lawsuit to block Mayor Bloomberg and Chancellor Walcott from managing NYC’s public school system (NY Daily News)
- The Chicago Teachers Union threatens to strike. DFER’s Rebeca Nieves Huffman reproaches the CTU’s plan to hold Chicago schoolchildren hostage (Chicago Sun Times)
- DFER’s Charles Barone co-pens, The Role of Congress in Education Policy, with Elizabeth DeBray, associate professor of education at the University of Georgia (Education Week)
Press Hits
- Michigan begins to add clarity to its school rating system after a coalition of ed reform groups – DFER included – sends a letter to the MI Department of Education (Detroit Free Press & MLive)
- The Huffington Post reports on the release of DFER’s Policy Brief, What Kind of President Would Mitt Romney Be on Education?
- Feds give Michigan a list of improvements that must be made to their “No Child Left Behind” waiver application (Detroit Free Press)
Policy Briefs
- DFER releases new policy brief, What Kind of President Would Mitt Romney Be on Education? (Read it here.)
From DFER’s Blog:
- The Public Face vs. Private Talk of the Chicago Teachers Union, writes DFER’s Rebeca Nieves Huffman (DFER’s Blog)
- Michigan’s NCLB waiver request is not up to par, says DFER Michigan State Director, Harrison Blackmond (DFER’s Blog)
- LA County Democrats attempt to stifle DFER’s voice by sending us a “cease and desist” request to remove “Democrats” from our name. DFER’s Gloria Romero releases a statement on the dubious request (DFER’s Blog)
- DFER Colorado’s Moira Cullen criticizes Republican opposition to a bill that would direct the state to join a consortium of states developing a common set of K-12 assessments (DFER’s Blog)
In Related News:
- Happy almost birthday to Congressman George Miller.Join DFER in thanking him for his unwavering efforts to reform our education system (Donate)