DFER News Roundup
DFER Seen & Heard:
- “For goodness sake, let’s stop finding reasons to fight against the innovation, creativity and success we are seeing in education that our citizens want and need,” DFER Board Chair Emeritus Kevin Chavous writes in the Washington Informer.
- DFER-IL called on CTU President Karen Lewis to choose between declaring her candidacy for mayor and negotiating the next teachers contract, reports the Chicago Sun-Times’ Natasha Korecki.
- DFER-NY State Director Nicole Brisbane tells EdWeek’s Andrew Ujifusa that Governor Andrew Cuomo “deserves credit for his long-term approach to teacher evaluations, Common Core implementation, and support for charter schools and other school choice in NY.”
- In The Olympian, DFER-WA’s Lisa Macfarlane suggests that the state’s Supreme Court appoint a “special master” to facilitate funding for the state’s public schools.
- Join us in congratulating Macfarlane for her nomination for Crosscut’s Courage Awards!
- DFER-NY’s Craig Johnson comments on inequitable teacher distribution to Capital New York’s Jessica Bakeman.
Advocacy, Policy Briefs & Such:
- Statement | DFER-IL Calls On CTU President Karen Lewis To Choose Between Mayoral Candidate Or Lead Negotiator In New Teacher Contract.
- Statement | Education Reformers Beef Up Staff.
DFER Blog:
- Joe Williams presents Ro Khanna and Carol Donovan as our September Reformers of the Month.
In Related News:
- Conor Williams writes about the anti-reform movement’s “ad hominem problem” for Talking Points Memo.
- Congratulations to our friend state Senator Bill Ferguson, who was named Baltimore’s Best Politician by Baltimore City Paper!
- “David Boies, eyeing education through a civil rights lens.” (Washington Post)
- EdWeek’s Arianna Prothero reports on “Insights from a Unionized Charter School Network.”
- POLITICO’s Maggie Severns writes about how a Republican Senate takeover could impact the nation’s education policy.
Fun With Infographics & More:
- Infographic | Who Runs Public Charter Schools?
- Infographic | Teacher Inequity in The Empire State.
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