DFER News Roundup
Featured:
- Last week we launched our new public fundraising website, The DFER List. This is a big step for our movement, and we urge you to check it out if you haven’t already!
- This month The DFER List is featuring Team DFER, nine ed champions who are also our June Reformers of the Month. Click over to The DFER List to learn more and to donate now.
- EdWeek’s Alyson Klein and POLITICO’s Morning Education covered The DFER List launch.
DFER Seen & Heard:
- DFER-MA’s Liam Kerr and John Griffin addressed the importance of teacher preparation in a Worcester Telegram op-ed.
Advocacy, Policy Briefs & Such:
- Statement | DFER launches new public fundraising website.
DFER Blog:
- Read about DFER-MA’s testimony against the state’s new school performance assessments.
- Deputy National Political Director T. Smith wants to know, “Are you DFER Listed?”
- Policy Analyst LeBuhn discusses the Fordham Institute and Public Impact’s new report, “Lacking Leaders,” and the importance of teachers and principals.
- According to DFER-MI’s Harrison Blackmond, being an education reformer and a strong supporter of collective bargaining is not impossible.
- Joe Williams sets the record straight on DFER’s views on teachers unions in “Where We Think DVR Is Right.”
- “Poor Rubain Dorancy had no idea what he was walking into,” Williams writes of the NY state Senate candidate’s tweet noting the importance of the Vergara case.
In Related News:
- Jonathan Chait discusses four promises made and met by President Obama in New York magzine.
- Leslie Brody reports that a new advocacy group in New York is helping parents challenge state’s the teacher tenure, similar to the Vergara case in California. (Wall Street Journal)
- “Unfortunately, antiquated and counterproductive state laws stand in the way of equity and opportunity for our nation’s children,” Jared Polis writes in the Orange County Register.
- Colorado Speaker Mark Ferrandino, a DFER-CO advisory board member, will serve as the new CFO for Denver Public Schools.
- What school evaluation systems will states choose to use? EdWeek‘s Andrew Ujifusa discusses school accountability systems.
- Lamar Alexander and Michael Bennet penned an op-ed in The New York Times on how simplifying the FAFSA will get more kids into college.
Fun With Infographics & More:
- Infographic | Hey Colorado, its Election Day!
- Infographic | Top 5 Reasons to Donate Using the DFER List.
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