And yet another Education Reform Group targets Connecticut
by jonpelto
Governor Malloy, Commissioner Pryor, Paul Vallas, Steven Adamowski and Connecticut’s other “education reform” advocates must be jumping for joy thanks to the news that yet another national education reform group has announced that they are targeting the Connecticut market place for their activities.
Democrats for Education Reform (DFER) is known as one of the most anti-union, anti-teacher “education reform” advocacy groups in the country and, according to a recent job posting, they are now “looking for a dynamic and ‘jack of all trades’ state director to lead its CT expansion efforts. The Director will have direct access to DFER national’s political, policy, communications, and back-office supports.”
Democrats for Education Reform is not associated with the Democratic Party, although there are a number of Democrats who support DFER and are supported by them. Corey Booker, Commissioner Stefan Pryor’s last boss, for example, has served on the advisory boards of both DFER and ConnCAN.
DFER is actually two groups in one, a 501(c) 3 “non-profit” called Education Reform Now and a 501(c) 4 foundation called Education Reform Now Advocacy. It is a format familiar
