Never miss a beat. Get our free daily newsletter. District Line Daily covers local politics, culture, and the Needle—our daily quality of life index for D.C. under the Trump administration. So what, ...

Much of the turmoil roiling the national edu-debate in the wake of Wisconsin can be understood as the shocked, disheartened realization by “ed-reform” Democrats that principled, small-government ...

Still relatively new on the scene, DFER benefited enormously from its long-shot early endorsement of Barack Obama and the unprecedented national focus on Obama’s $5 billion Race to the Top grant ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For decades, Democrats held an unshakable grip on the issue of education, enjoying a double-digit advantage over Republicans in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For 11 years, Jennifer Walmer led Democrats for Education Reform Colorado, the state chapter of the national organization that ...

During his two terms as the Democratic mayor of Rhode Island’s largest city, Elorza undertook bold actions to advance a social and racial justice agenda. This included taking the unprecedented step to ...

Last week, I spoke with Shavar Jeffries, the national president of Democrats for Education Reform. We talked about DFER’s work; his concerns about Trump’s pick for education secretary, Betsy DeVos; ...

For those engaged in school-reform debates, the most significant development to come out of Wisconsin is the return of principled conservatism to the education arena. For the past decade, Republican ...

Shavar Jeffries, an attorney who lost his bid to be mayor of Newark, N.J., is the new president of Democrats for Education Reform. Jeffries, who confirmed the news on Thursday, is black. His ...

This article ran in the Spring 2016 issue of The American Prospect magazine. Subscribe here. Not too long ago, school board races were quaint affairs. Even in big school districts, candidates usually ...