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Democratic ed group hires Gloria Romero
- 11-02-2010
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Blog by John Fensterwald/Educated Guess
Democrats for Education Reform, a national organization that supports charter schools, Race to the Top, and President Obama’s education agenda in general, plans to open its tenth state chapter next spring in California. And it has hired Democratic state Senator Gloria Romero of Los Angeles, who was edged out in the June primary for state superintendent and is termed out this year in Sacramento, to direct the California operation. DFER plans to open two offices, in Los Angeles and the Bay Area, and is raising $1 million to get off the ground. Its initial focus in California will not be on the Capitol, but on large urban districts, like Los Angeles, San Francisco, Oakland, and San Diego, where it will back candidates willing to stand behind DFER’s principles, national Executive Director Joe Williams said Monday. School trustee races are non-partisan, but in many urban districts the choice is often among Democrats. (more…)
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