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Friday, November 20, 2020

NANCY BAILEY: Tim Shriver as Education Secretary? Fighting for School Control

Tim Shriver as Education Secretary? Fighting for School Control
Tim Shriver as Education Secretary? Fighting for School Control



Tim Shriver is supposedly being vetted to be education secretary, a surprise for those waiting to hear of a Jahana, a Julian, a Randi, Lily, or another educator with classroom experience getting the post. There seems to be a fight for school control between the teachers and the school reformers.

DFER (Democrats for Education Reform) shared their nominees, and now another group the National Charter Collaborative has made the list longer. Geoffrey Canada, Harlem Children’s Zone; Charter school CEO Margaret Fortune; Assemblymember Shirley Weber (D); Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.); Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.); and Howard Fuller, considered a school reform and school choice activist, were added to the mix. Bennett isn’t interested.

Tim Shriver? The HuffPost describes him as someone above the fray of debates within the education community on issues of school accountability. 

“After decades of reform efforts in schools, most federal and state policy is mired in CONTINUE READING: Tim Shriver as Education Secretary? Fighting for School Control