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According to the
document cited in
this report,
Michelle Rhee
Signed the IRS
Tax-Exempt
Application Form
on February
22nd, 2011, not in
2006. [Charities
NYS, Accessed
5/7/13]
According to the IRS Tax-Exempt Application cite
this report, StudentsFirst Had Projected Hiring 2
Employees, Not 260. [Charities NYS, Accessed 5/7
Which makes your math wr
Misspelling - StudentsFirst
- Boring, trite phrases
- Inaccurate information
- Failure to back up claims withproper citations
Kahlil Byrd If youre going to call someone out at least Google
the spelling of their name.
Repetitive
And again
Dude...its one word.
and here...and here.
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I give up...
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StudentsFirsts Members Have Been Active Reaching Outto Legislators and Attending Events All Over the Country.
across the country
events in our active states.
The source cited by
NYGPS claimingStudentsFirst is a $100million effort actually says
$150 million effort.
Pick a style andstick to it.
Headings should
be consistent.
Hey hey!ookie here!
StudentsFirst files all required disclo-
sures. In fact, donors have beendisclosed on filings in numerous states.Michelle Rhee even writes about some
of them in her book, Radical.
82%: Based on the very press release cited by NYGPS[StudentsFirst press release, 11/8/12]
OMG
Fact check:
of contested races:61.5% win rate
Misspelling: Districts,
Were two for ten!
act check:F supporteddems out of canidates
Fact check:
SF spent nearly the same amount
supporting dem and rep candidates.
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$350,000
Coalition forSchool Reformthat endorsed 3candidates forLos AngelesSchool Board
WashingtonUnified SchoolBoard in WestSacramento
Incompinforma
initiativDemoMayor
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NYGPS ownsource, an
EPIC-MRA pollconducted on
September8-11, 2012, says
otherwise. It
percent were insupport of the
measure, while
percent undecid-
ed.[From Rhee-ality
Checks ownsource]
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Hartford, CT: An opposition member took a picture of the rally beforeanyone was on stage & blogs like RheeFirst stated it was a "noshow". The Hartford Courant profiled the event in an article on
Education Ape & Parents Across America confirmed this.
AstroTurf, the brand,would not be pleased.
Nice use ofhe qualifier.
CYA isgood when
you postmisleadingpictures.
Lack of
attendance?r cancelation torotect members
from beingrassed by unionactivists whothreatened acoordinated
protest?
Whaaat? Might wanna check your grammar.
I hear a $5 giftcard from Target
can produce aHUGEturnout.
A few employees, clearly identified as such, reviewed the film positively.To be clear, no one was paid for those reviews. But hey, good to know, if you
work at StudentsFirst apparently you cant review movies.
Fact chec
Ummm...noCitation pleas
Fact check:
Policy Report Cardstats by the numbers:
supported by: 3 Governors;
State Legislators, BusinessLeaders in 2 states; and
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56%
Incomplete information
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch editorial board also said; Unlike some education reform groups, Students-
First is bipartisan. Thats a good thing. They also stated they agreed that States do a better job of
training teachers and that teachers are held to account in part by tracking students test scores.
Incomplete
information
Chris Nicastro, thestates commissioner of
elementary and
secondary education,
said via email:
The StudentsFirst
report card gives us
another look at some
critical state policy
issues in education. We
are pleased to consider
both their research and
their recommendations
as we work to make
Missouri one of the
nations Top 10
performing states.
There is no one else in this
space who can command
attention like she can, said
Andrew J. Rotherham, aformer Clinton administration
official who now runs
Bellwether Education, a
nonprofit group that works to
improve education for
low-income students. She
has star power. People in
the business call it a Q
score. . . . For an issue like
education, definitely a
second-tier issue, thats no
small thing.
Meh...for the record 26% thought StudentsFirst was effective.
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Thats odd. In the previous paragraph the author describes StudentsFirst President Kahlil Byrds
political leanings as bipartisan and highlights his work with a prominent Democratic governor.
2011
231 Repetitive. Again themath is wrong.
Offensive?
Yes.
Factual?
Nope.
Note to the
haters: lots
of talent
still here.Citation
please?
Fact Check
senior StudentsFirst staff
members have strong
Democratic ties.
With the addition of a handful of
Republicans, StudentsFirst is finally
bipartisan though, heavily leans
Democrat. The Donkeys are still
outnumbering the Elephants.
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Another view:
Good and qualified people see politics as so poisonous today that they simply
dont want to participate, explained Mark McKinnon, a former adviser to
President George W. Bush and a major player in the Americans Elect
movement. Its just damn difficult to break the iron grip of the two-party system.
Jon Huntsman, who ran unsuccessfully for the
Republican presidential nomination but since
dropping out has been a major advocate for a th
party, said Todays pathetic political environment
be upended either by visionary solutions-base
technology being fine-tuned by Americans Elec
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HighPinnochio
Factor
Events were
designed to be
forums for parent
and community
members to discuss
education issues in
Pennsylvania and had
no connection to
Radical
report links to a calendar
posting of a series ofgrassroots events that
by the StudentsFirst
Pennsylvania State
Director. Those events
were specifically
designed to be forums
for parents and
community members to
discuss the state of
education in
Pennsylvania and had
no connection
whatsoever to
Michelle Rhees
books.
Thats a convenient
way to spin data.
According to a report
by TNTP, however,
DCPS is actually
retaining more of its
best teachers than
other districts - in fact,
in the 2010-2011
school year, DCPSretained its best
teachers at nearly
double the rate of its
low-performing
teachers. In other
words, when it comes
to keeping teachers in
the classroom who
benefit kids the most,
DCPS is now a national
leader. [StudentsFirst
Vice President of
Policy, Huffington Post,
Only union front groups
would take issue with
advancing a moderate policy
agenda.
The sillyness factor
exponentially increases with
every page.
Tin foil hat alert.
Second poor of trite phrase
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In the year and a half she's been on the job, Rhee has made more changes than most school leaders--even
reform-minded ones--make in five years. She has shut 21 schools--15% of the city's total--and fired more than
November
2012 Again,
according to
NYGPS own
source
Elementary and
Secondary
Performance PostedSteady Growth Over
Past 5 Years.
According to data
released by the
school district,
elementary scores
have continued to
show steady growth,
with reading scores
rising from 37.5
percent proficient in
in 2011, and math
scores rising from
proficient in 2007 to
Overall scores in
reading are up 5.5
points and scores in
math are up 13
points over the past
five years
Secondary scores
grew for the 5th
consecutive year in
both math and
reading. Since 2007,
reading performance
has increased by
and math by nearly
students have
continued to post
gains each year.
[OSSE 2011 Test
Results Release]
In January of this year, Michelle Rhee released the following -
"Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Inspector General announced that their investigation found no widespread cheatin
on the DC Comprehensive Assessment System tests from 2008-2010. This conclusion supports previous investigations and findings of theDC Office of the Inspector General and others. At StudentsFirst we believe it is incredibly important to take all allegations of wrongdoing
seriously and we thank both offices for doing so. The results confirm what we've long believed, that the vast majority of educators would
never compromise their personal or professional integrity to cheat on a test, thereby cheating children. With six separate, consecutive tests
their hard work and accomplishments."
This is curious. The fact that Michelles other daughter
goes to public school is completely missing.
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Poll after poll show that the vast majority of New Yorkers support policies
that keep great teachers in the classroom based upon their effectiveness and support more transparency
New York Poll Finds Almost Ninety Percent Of Voters Support Laying Off Teachers Based On Their Performance.
Asked, If public school administrators need to lay off teachers, do you think they should lay off teachers based on seniority
New York Poll Finds Almost Two-Thirds Of Voters Think Merit Pay Should Be Granted To Outstanding Teachers.
Asked, Some people say that public school teachers who do an outstanding job should be rewarded with additional pay,
and 31% said bad idea. [Politicker,2/16/12]
Another View:
There is no one else in this space who can command attention like she can,
said Andrew J. Rotherham, a former Clinton administration official who now runs
Bellwether Education, a nonprofit group that works to improve education for
low-income students. She has star power. People in the business call it a Q score..
For an issue like education, definitely a second-tier issue, thats no small thing.
This seems
to be the
same instanc
as the Connect
rally pictures
Here's a vide
showing paren
marching in
Bedford-Stuy
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For the record: SFNY is now being led by Glen Weiner, a
former Hilary Clinton staffer and senior aide to the DCCC
Here we go again...misspelling: StudentsFirstNY
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NY-GPS,
Sadly, your effort to corroborate your often absurd and outlandish claims leaves a great deal to be desired. I
recommend a course of remedial, basic research practices so that badly used trite phrases, stylistic missteps,
and unsupported claims do not continue to populate your reports.
In summary, there is irrefutable evidence that counters your narrative:
In a little over two years, StudentsFirst has rapidly expanded to have a strong presence in 18 states, and built
a membership base that is hungry and eager for change.
active states.
In its first full election cycle, StudentsFirst supported over 100 candidates on a bi-partisan basis and a
cycle.
contested races for a 61.5% win rate and an overall electoral win rate of 82% out of 105 races in the General
2012 election.
In just two years, they have helped passed more than 100 laws and policies with broad bipartisan support
because education reform issues transcend ideological partisanship.
When StudentsFirst released its policy report card in January, it was well-received by policymakers, a number
of independent think tanks, and embraced by parents and teachers throughout the country.
With wide national coverage of the release, the report card effectively raised awareness about whether a state
had created a policy environment that would improve student learning.