Democrats for Education Reform
Mission:
Democrats for Education Reform is a political action committee whose mission is to encourage a more productive dialogue within the Democratic Party on the need to fundamentally reform American public education. DFER operates on all levels (national, state, and local) to educate elected officials and support reform-minded candidates for public office.
Contact Information
Address: 140 E. 45th Street, 18th Flr.
Telephone: (212) 763-8921
Website: http://www.dfer.org
General Email: Beverly@dfer.org
Primary Contact Name: Beverly Francis, Executive Assistant
Location
General Information
Type: Advocacy/Policy
Target audience: Parents, Families, Teachers, Organizations, Administrators, Schools
Tag words: policy, advocacy, democrat, improving public schools, school choice, charter schools
Programs/Services
Democrats for Education Reform
Description: We support policies which stimulate the creation of new, accountable public schools and which simultaneously close down failing schools.
We support mechanisms that allow parents to select excellent schools for their children, and where education dollars follow each child to their school.
We support governance structures which hold leaders responsible, while giving them the tools to effectuate change. We believe in empowering mayors to lead urban school districts, so that they can be held accountable by the electorate.
We support policies that allow school principals and their school communities to select their teams of educators, holding them accountable for student performance but allowing them flexibility to exercise sound, professional judgment.
We support clearly-articulated national standards and expectations for core subject areas, while allowing states and local districts to determine how best to make sure that all students are reaching those standards.
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Contact person: Beverly Francis
