- The Honorable William J. Bennett, Former U.S. Secretary of Education; Washington Fellow, Claremont Institute
- The Honorable John Engler, Former Governor of Michigan; President & CEO of National Association of Manufacturers
- The Honorable Bill Goodling, Former Chairman, Committee on Education and Workforce, U.S. House of Representatives
- The Honorable Shirley Hufstedler, Former U.S. Secretary of Education; Senior Counsel, Morrison & Foerster
- The Honorable James B. Hunt, Jr., Former Governor of North Carolina; Chairman, James B. Hunt, Jr. Institute
- The Honorable Paul O'Neill, Former U.S. Secretary of Treasury; former chairman & CEO of Alcoa; Special Advisor & Consultant, Blackstone Group
- The Honorable Rod Paige, Former U.S Secretary of Education; Chairman of Chartwell Education Group
- The Honorable John Podesta , Former Chief of Staff to President William J. Clinton; President, Center for American Progress
| Arlene Ackerman |
Former Superintendent, San Francisco and Washington, D.C. public schools; Christian A. Johnson Professor of Outstanding Educational Practice, Teachers College, Columbia University |
| Steven Adamowski |
Former Superintendent, Cincinnati public schools; Senior Fellow, American Institutes for Research |
| Russlynn Ali |
Director, Education Trust-West |
| William J. Bennett |
Former U.S. Secretary of Education; Washington Fellow, Claremont Institute |
| Clint Bolick |
President & General Counsel, Alliance for School Choice |
| Eli Broad |
Co-Founder, The Broad Foundation; Co-founder, KB Home; Founder, SunAmerica Inc. |
| Cynthia G. Brown |
Director of Education Policy, Center for American Progress |
| Tom Carroll |
President, Foundation for Education Reform and Accountability; Founder and Chairman, Brighter Choice Charter Schools |
| Michael D. Casserly |
Executive Director, Council of the Great City Schools |
| John Chubb |
Founding Partner and Executive Vice President, Edison Schools; Distinguished Visiting Fellow Hoover Institution, Stanford University |
| Michael Cohen |
President, Achieve, Inc. |
| Anthony J. Colon |
Interim Executive Director, Fight for Children; Chairman of the Board, American Board for Certification of Teacher Excellence |
| Bruce Cooper |
Professor, Graduate School of Education Division of Education Leadership, Administration and Policy, Fordham University |
| Saul Cooperman |
Former New Jersey Commissioner of Education; Chairman of the Academy for Teaching and Leadership |
| Michael Dannenberg |
Director, Education Policy Program, New America Foundation |
| Matthew O. Diggs, Jr. |
Former President & CEO, Copeland Corporation; General Partner, McClintock Industries |
| John Engler |
Former Governor of Michigan; President & CEO of National Association of Manufacturers |
| Daniel Fallon |
Chair, Education Division, Carnegie Corporation |
| Michael Feinberg |
Co-founder, Knowledge is Power Program |
| Chester E. Finn, Jr. |
President, Thomas B. Fordham Institute; Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University |
| Howard L. Fuller |
Co-founder Black Alliance for Education Options; Founder/Director, Institute for the Transformation of Learning Marquette University; former Superintendent, Milwaukee public schools |
| Sarah Glover |
Member, Bozeman Public Schools Board of Trustees |
| Bill Goodling |
Former Chairman, Committee on Education and Workforce, U.S. House of Representatives |
| Michael W. Grebe |
President, The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation |
| William Hansen |
Former Deputy U.S. Secretary of Education; Senior Managing Director, Chartwell Education Group |
| Kati Haycock |
Director, The Education Trust |
| Frederick M. Hess |
Director of Educational Policy Studies, American Enterprise Institute |
| Shirley Hufstedler |
Former U.S. Secretary of Education; Senior Counsel, Morrison & Foerster |
| James B. Hunt, Jr. |
Former Governor of North Carolina; Chairman, James B. Hunt, Jr. Institute |
| Christine Johnson |
President, Community College of Denver |
| Richard D. Kahlenberg |
Senior Fellow, The Century Foundation |
| John Kirtley |
Chairman, Florida Education Freedom Foundation, Vice-Chairman of the board of Alliance for School Choice |
| Robin Lake |
Associate Director, Center on Reinventing Public Education; Senior non-resident Fellow, Education Sector |
| Seth Leibsohn |
Fellow, The Claremont Institute |
| Dave Levin |
Co-founder, Knowledge is Power Program |
| Larry Maloney |
President, Aspire Consulting, L.L.C. |
| Bruno Manno |
Senior Program Associate, Annie E. Casey Foundation |
| Don McAdams |
President of Center for Reform of School Systems; former Chair, Houston Board of Education |
| Karen Hawley Miles |
Executive Director, Education Resource Strategies |
| Ted Mitchell |
President & CEO, New Schools Venture Fund |
| Paul O'Neill |
Former U.S. Secretary of Treasury; former chairman & CEO of Alcoa; Special Advisor & Consultant, Blackstone Group |
| Joseph Olchefske |
Former Superintendent, Seattle public schools; Managing Director, American Institutes for Research |
| William Ouchi |
Sanford and Betty Sigoloff Chair at the Anderson School of Management, UCLA |
| Rod Paige |
Former U.S Secretary of Education; Chairman of Chartwell Education Group |
| James A. Peyser |
Chairman, Massachusetts Board of Education and Partner, New Schools Venture Fund |
| John Podesta |
Former Chief of Staff to President William J. Clinton; President, Center for American Progress |
| Delia Pompa |
Vice President of Education, National Council of La Raza |
| David Ponitz |
President Emeritus, Sinclair Community College |
| Diane Ravitch |
Senior Fellow at Brookings Institution; Research Professor at New York University; Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University |
| Victor Reinoso |
Member, District of Columbia Board of Education |
| Ronald B. Richard |
President & CEO, The Cleveland Foundation |
| Andrew Rotherham |
Co-Founder and Co-Director, Education Sector; Member, Commonwealth of Virginia Board of Education |
| Arthur J. Rothkopf |
President Emeritus, Lafayette College; Senior Vice-President, U.S. Chamber of Commerce |
| Steve Schuck |
Founder and Chairman, Schuck Corporation |
| Susan Sclafani |
Former Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of Education; Managing Director, Chartwell Education Group |
| Warren Simmons |
Executive Director, Annenberg Institute for School Reform, Brown University |
| Andy Smarick |
Chief of Staff, National Alliance for Public Charter Schools |
| Nelson Smith |
President, National Alliance for Public Charter Schools |
| Lisa Snell |
Director of Education and Child Welfare, Reason Foundation |
| Sheree T. Speakman |
Chief Operating Officer, North America, British Schools of America, L.L.C. |
| Michele Stockwell |
Director of Education, Social and Family Policy, Progressive Policy Institute |
| Richard Stoff |
President, Ohio Business Roundtable |
| Michael Strembitsky |
Former Superintendent of Schools, Edmonton, Alberta; Consultant |
| Marc Tucker |
President, National Center on Education and the Economy |
| Paul Vallas |
Chief Executive Officer, School District of Philadelphia |
| Gregg Vanourek |
Founding Partner, NewMountain Ventures |
| Kate Walsh |
President, National Council on Teacher Quality |
| Constancia Warren |
Senior Program Officer & Director, Urban High School Initiatives, Carnegie Corporation |
| Ross Wiener |
Policy Director, The Education Trust |
| Amy Wilkins |
Democrats for Education Reform |
| Judith A. Winston |
Former General Counsel and Undersecretary, U.S. Department of Education; Principal, Winston Withers & Associates |
| Caprice Young |
Former President, Los Angeles Board of Education; Chief Executive Officer, California Charter Schools Association |
| Susan Zanner |
Executive Director, School Choice Ohio |
| Todd Ziebarth |
Senior Policy Analyst, National Alliance for Public Charter Schools |
| Charles Zogby |
Former Secretary of Education, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
Additional Signatories (post-publication)
| Jeanne Allen |
President, The Center for Education Reform |
| Shannon M. Allison |
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| Joel R. Ambelang |
Associate Professor, Social Work, Concordia University Wisconsin |
| Ray Anderson |
The Society for the Promotion of Creative Interchange |
| David Armitage |
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| Atul Arora |
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| Rendell J. Austin |
Ameritech Retiree |
| Christopher Barbic |
Founder & Head of Schools, YES Preparatory Public Schools |
| Vivian M. Barnett |
Development Director, TLC Charter School, Cherry Hill, NJ |
| Sheri Barrette |
Director, Development & External Affairs,
KIPP Ascend Charter School |
| Barbara Barry |
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| Gary Beckner |
President & CEO, Association of American Educators |
| Michelle M. Belt |
Community Support Coordinator, Charlotte Advocates for Education |
| Nancy S. Berggren |
Tutor, Empire State College |
| David W. Berkowitz |
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| Joni Berman |
President, Maryland Charter School Network |
| Maria L. Bernardy, J.D. |
Self-employed legal consultant and editor |
| Wells Blanchard |
Math Teacher, 6th & 7th Grades,
Boston Preparatory Charter Public School |
| Darcy H. Bloyd |
High School Teacher |
| Bernadette R. Boschert |
School Counselor, Tucson Unified School District |
| Jerry S. Boyd |
Chief Innovation Officer, Putnam County Schools, Cookeville, Tennessee |
| Ronald C. Brady |
Co-Founder, Foundation Academy Charter School |
| Christian N. Braunlich |
Vice President, Thomas Jefferson Institute for Public Policy; Former Member, Fairfax County (VA) School Board |
| Johnnie J. Brien |
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| Terence J. Brown |
Saint Anthony School of Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
| Dave Burris |
Editor, First State Politics Blog |
| Christopher L Cabaldon |
President, EdVoice |
| Terence Campbell |
Partner, Cotsirilos, Tighe & Streicker Law Firm, Chicago |
| Nancie Campbell |
Special Education Teacher, Columbus Public Schools |
| Margaret W. Carnes |
Managing Director, Charlotte Advocates for Education, a Public Education Network Member |
| Carolyn C. Carruth |
Education researcher |
| Patricia Cash |
Sams General Mdse.,Inc. |
| Michael A. Cassaro |
Professor Emeritus, University of Louisville |
| Cornelius J. Chapman |
Founder and President, Coalition for Parental Choice in Education, and Roxbury Educational Foundation |
| T. Chase |
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| Priscilla L. Chism |
President, Health Solutions |
| Gene Chorostecki, M.D. |
Retired |
| Claudia Christensen |
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| Stacey T. Christenson |
Teacher, Columbus Public Schools |
| Katherine Connor-McKee |
Mother |
| Elle Cottrell |
Retired RN and early childhood educator |
| Patricia A. Darvishi |
Teacher, Humble Independent Schools |
| Barbara Davidson |
President, StandardsWork |
| Marjorie Dearmont |
President & Instructor, The Silva Self Empowerment Seminar |
| Randy DeHoff |
Executive Director, Colorado Charter School Institute |
| Robert DeJonckheere |
Registered Nurse, California Board of Registered Nursing |
| David A. DeSchryver |
Legislative Director, Brustein & Manasevit |
| Paul DiPerna |
Assistant Director, Brown Center on Education Policy, The Brookings Institution
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| Seamus L. Dolan |
NYC Students Group |
| Mary Lynn Donaldson |
Director, Concordia Creative Learning Academy
Public Charter, St. Paul, Minnesota |
| Denis P. Doyle |
CAO and Co-founder, SchoolNet, Inc |
| Deborah D. Driver |
Board President, Potomac Charter School Inc. |
| Barbara Ehrentreu |
Treasurer, Westchester Progressive Democrats
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| Lucien Ellington |
UC Foundation Professor of Education and Codirector: Asia Program, The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga |
| Debra England |
Education Program Officer, Koret Foundation |
| Michael Evers |
President, Drumlish Corporation: Securing Charitable Gifts for Non-Profits since 1986; Co-founder, Elysian Charter School of Hoboken |
| Parker Fowler, Ph.D. |
VP Technology, Classic Schools, Inc., Denver
(Academic Charter School Developers) |
| Norman B. Furlong, Ph.D. |
Retired; Former Associate Dean, UT Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Houston; Former Upper School Science Faculty, The Kinkaid School (Honors Chemistry and AP Biology) |
| Laurence L. Garthe |
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| Kathryn C. Grace, OTR |
Retired; Former Staff Occupational Therapist, Genesee Valley Board of Cooperative Educational Services |
| Kwan Graham |
Parent Leader Network, Chort II |
| Doreen L. Greenberg, Ph.D. |
Adjunct Professor of Psychology, Richard Stockton College of New Jersey |
| Julie R. Greenberg |
Math Teacher, Montgomery Blair High School, Silver Spring, Maryland |
| Margot T. Heard |
CEO of Medical Center Charter School, Houston |
| Caroline E. Hinic |
Member of PLN, a resource of Charlotte Advocates for Education |
| Collin Hitt |
Director, Education Policy and Reform, Illinois Policy Institute |
| Charles R. Hoff |
Former President & Current Director, Federal Way School District, Federal Way, WA |
| Kevin L. Hoggard |
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| David Hostetler |
Legal Director, Principals' Executive Program,
Center for School Leadership Development, University of North Carolina |
| Bill Jackson |
President, GreatSchools.net |
| Joanne Jacobs |
Author, "Our School: The Inspiring Story of Two Teachers, One Big Idea and the Charter School That Beat the Odds;" Blogger, joannejacobs.com |
| Judith D. Jones |
Chair, Maine Association for Public Chartered Schools |
| Patricia A. Jones |
National Board Certified Literacy Resource Teacher, East Middle School, Colorado Springs, Colorado |
| David J. Joseph |
CEO, JW Broadcasting |
| Lindalyn Kakadelis |
Director, North Carolina Education Alliance
Former member, Charlotte Mecklenburg Board of Education |
| Melvin J. Kaplan |
Co-Founder, Harry Singer Foundation |
| Myron S. Kayes |
Former Director, National Charter School Clearinghouse; President, SCHOOLS, Inc. |
| Lisa Graham Keegan |
Former State Superintendent of Public Instruction for Arizona; Partner, The Keegan Company |
| Mary Ann H. Keenan |
Parent |
| Lynn Kepford |
Director, National Charter School Clearinghouse
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| Laura Kohn |
Executive Director, New School Foundation, Seattle, Washington |
| Noam Kurland |
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| Spear Lancaster |
Board Member, Chesapeake Science Point Charter School, Hanover, Maryland |
| Jana C. Lane |
President, Equality in Education |
| Norman I. A. LaRocque |
Consultant and Policy Advisor, Education Forum (New Zealand) |
| Donna Harris LeBeau |
Principal, Indianola Middle School, Columbus Public Schools, Ohio |
| Mary Levy |
Director, Public Education Reform Project, Washington Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights & Urban Affairs |
| Andrew D. Lewis |
Director of Development & Communications, Georgia Charter Schools Association |
| Hazel J. Lewis |
Retired public school teacher/AFT member |
| Gary Lister |
Chairman, Bleckley County (Georgia) School Board; Contributing editor, American School Board Journal |
| Maggie S. Lohkamp |
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| Eileen H. Longstreet |
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| Kristin Maguire |
South Carolina State Board of Education, Governor's Appointee |
| Robert Maranto |
Associate Professor of Political Science, Villanova University |
| Richard S. Materson, M.D. |
Chairman of the Board, Institute for Religion and Health, Texas Medical Center |
| Jack McCarthy |
Managing Director, AppleTree Institute for Education Innovation |
| Andrea McCluskey |
Governing Council Parent Representative, Monocacy Valley Montesorri Public Charter School |
| Heather McConnell |
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| Barry McGhan, Ph.D. |
President, Center for Public School Renewal |
| Stephanie Mitchell |
Student, California State University-Sacramento |
| Karen Morris |
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| Dianne G. Murphy |
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| Thomas Murphy |
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| Mary Nash-Pyott |
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| Nano Nathan |
Senior Minister |
| Anita Nelam |
Founder and CEO, Harte Crossroads Public Schools |
| Diana Nelson |
Executive Director
Cross City Campaign for Urban School Reform |
| Tom Neumark |
Parent, Frederick, Maryland |
| Patricia Nickles |
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| Barbara Stock Nielsen |
Former State Superintendent of Education, South Carolina |
| Jessica Olson |
Parent and Special Education Community Liasion, Washington PAVE (Parents Are Vital in Education) |
| Tracy Pakulniewicz |
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| William John Pellegrini |
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| Dee and Betty Pinkerton |
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| Louis M. Pontillo |
Instructor, New York College of Health Professions |
| Malika A. Price |
Legal Analyst, Office of the State Public Defender |
| Miguel Ramos |
Library and Archives Paraprofessional, Western Washington University |
| Ronn Robinson |
President, Institute for High Performing Schools in Seattle; Former Senior Vice President, Achieve, Inc.; Former Corporate Director of Education Relations & Policy, The Boeing Company |
| Bettie L. Ryan |
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| Jonathan Sale |
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| Robert Salido |
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| William Schimmel |
Vice-President, American Board for Certification of Teacher Excellence |
| Sandra Schlachtmeyer |
Former School Board Member, Stamford, CT |
| Marlene B. Seltzer |
CEO, Jobs for the Future |
| Arthur D. Sheekey |
Education Analyst, The CNA Corporation |
| Jennifer E. Smith |
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| Sharon E. Smith |
Gift shop and inn owner |
| Lilvia Soto |
Director, Thayne Academy |
| Ann Spier, Ph.D. |
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| Ellin Stiteler |
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| Terry L. Stoops |
Education Policy Analyst, John Locke Foundation |
| Susan B. Swint |
Parent and volunteer tutor |
| Kevin Talley |
Former Chief of Staff, Committee on Education and the Workforce, U.S. House of Representatives; President & CEO, Synergy Partners, Inc. |
| Mary F. Taylor |
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| Stanford Taylor |
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| Lilian K. Thomas-Wilson |
Administrator, Midland Valley Preparatory School, Graniteville, SC |
| Vicki Tillman |
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| Gary Titus |
Founder, The Learning Center |
| Patricia E. Troxell |
Retired, Master of Social Work |
| Lil Tuttle |
Education Director, Clare Boothe Luce Policy Institute |
| Kristine K. Urig |
Intervention Specialist |
| Michael D. Usdan |
Senior Fellow, The Institute for Educational Leadership |
| Mathias NMI van Thiel, Ph.D. |
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| Gerry Vazquez |
President, GV Consulting |
| Leena J. Ved |
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| Jennifer L. Vranek |
President, Education First Consulting |
| Heidi S. Walker |
Parent; Teacher |
| Diane Weir |
School Committee Member, Westford Public Schools, Westford, MA |
| Rosemary H. Whitmore |
Former teacher aide, Waupaca School System, WI |
| Arlene H. Wieland |
Retired; Former teacher |
| Arden E. Wilkinson |
Paralegal |
| Jim Williams |
Teacher, Fairfax County Public Schools |
| Gary Lee Wilson |
Parent and teacher |
| Clifford D. Worden |
Former President, Michigan Education Association/NEA |
| Donald Yankee |
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| Sabina E. Yates |
Board Member, Benicians for Fair Elections |
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