Leadership & Staff
James Blew
Trump nominee to be Assistant Secretary for Planning, Evaluation, and Policy Development, Department of Education
Tony Bennett
Former education official in Indiana and Florida
Chester E Finn Jr
President, Thomas Fordham Institute
Robin Steans
Executive director of Advance Illinois and longtime reformy ed reformer
Donors
New Meridian Corporation
Austin, TX Based Educational Assessment Company
Educate Texas at Communities Foundation of Texas
Evidence Based Solutions for Education For Workforce
College Board
Non- profit association of education schools and services
The McKnight Foundation
Minnesota-based and focused family foundation
Joyce Foundation
Charitable foundation in Great Lakes region
Bloomberg Philanthropies
Includes Mike Bloomberg's personal giving and the Bloomberg Family Foundation
Walton Family Foundation Inc
Philanthropic foundation affiliated with family that owns Walmart
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Family foundation of Microsoft founder Bill Gates
Foundation for Florida's Future
nonprofit founded by Jeb Bush to promote charter schools
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Member
Illinois Network of Charter Schools
Charter school advocacy organization
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Member
Memberships
Education Resource Strategies
(Funding Formulas) Data-Driven Accountability and Restructuring Consultancy
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Partner*
Stand for Children
Education Reform Organization
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partner
TNTP
NYC Education reform organization founded in 1997; formerly "The New Teacher Project"
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partner
James B. Hunt Jr. Institute
a 501(c)3 non-profit organization; an agency of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hil
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partner
The Education Trust Inc
"Opportunity Gap" Non Profit
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partner
