Democrats for Education Reform (DFER) is a New York-based political action committee whose mission is to encourage the Democratic Party to embrace policies which will fundamentally reform American public education and promotes use of more charter schools, school funding and stricter teacher evaluations. The group wants the Democratic Party to embrace education reform, such as standardized testing and the Common Core educational standards.
The group emerged around the same time as the Education Equality Project. Whitney Tilson and Kevin P. Chavous among the group's co-founders. Gloria Romero leads the group's California chapter. Ron Tupa is a staff member for the group. Cory Booker is on the group's board of advisors. The group is led by former journalist Joe Williams, who covered Oakland, California's school system. Shavar Jeffries, one of the charter school sector's most prominent black leaders, became the president of the organization in 2015.
Chalkbeat, a nonprofit news organization that covers education, has called the group "a national pro-charter advocacy group."
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See also
- Achievement gap in the United States
Maps Democrats for Education Reform
References
External links
- Democrats for Education Reform website
- Letter to Cuomo regarding Race to the Top
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