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Press Releases

By Jorge Elorza on November 21, 2024

DFER CEO Jorge Elorza Releases Statement Regarding President-Elect Trump’s Secretary of Education Nominee, Linda McMahon

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Ericka HatfieldNovember 21, 2024 Ericka@dfer.org (November 21, 2024, New York, New York)…

By DFER on November 6, 2024

DFER CEO Jorge Elorza Releases Statement Trump’s Return to the White House: What’s Next For Public Education and Education Reform

Elorza acknowledges major democratic wins and urges education advocates to continue to push for education policy that will benefit students…

Blogs & Testimony

By Jessica Giles on September 24, 2024

From a Vision of Education Equity to Victory: Insights from the Congressional Black Caucus’s Annual Conference

Earlier this month, the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation held its 53rd Annual Legislative Conference (ALC) in Washington, DC, during an…

By DFER on January 4, 2024

2024: The Year Democrats Embrace Public School Choice (Again)

In 2023, Republican dominated states vigorously championed universal school vouchers and education savings accounts. In fact, EdChoice called 2023 the…

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