News Roundup
Of possible interest to our readers:
The 34 organizations in the network operate in 23 states and Washington, D.C. Network members include affiliates of Stand for Children and 50CAN, business groups like the Massachusetts Business Alliance for
- From Education Week - an article about "a new breed of national education advocacy organizations" and the debate "about whether they can play a grassroots 'ground game' comparable to that of labor.
- Another article on these groups, this one from Education Next, about Fight Club for ERAOs (Education reform advocacy organizations) in D.C. You remember the first rule of Fight Club? There is NO Fight Club. Why this emergence of these groups? This article links it to charter operation frustration. This is possibly the best article I have read in summing up these groups, how they interact and their growing influence.
The 34 organizations in the network operate in 23 states and Washington, D.C. Network members include affiliates of Stand for Children and 50CAN, business groups like the Massachusetts Business Alliance for