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Did Jeb Bush Choose Your District’s Superintendent? | Diane Ravitch's blog

Did Jeb Bush Choose Your District’s Superintendent? | Diane Ravitch's blog

Did Jeb Bush Choose Your District’s Superintendent?

Jeb Bush created an organization called Chiefs for Change, whose original membership consisted of state superintendents who shared Jeb’s ideas: high-stakes testing, evaluating teachers by the test scores of their students, school grades of A-F, and school choice (charters and vouchers).
Chiefs for Change has now become a clearinghouse for district superintendents.
You can be sure that anyone recommended by Chiefs for Change is dedicated to disrupting and privatizing your district.
Lewis Ferebee, the new Superintendent of the schools of the District of Columbia.
Susana Cordova, the new Superintendent of the Denver CONTINUE READING: Did Jeb Bush Choose Your District’s Superintendent? | Diane Ravitch's blog