Democrats for Education Reform
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Democrats for Education Reform (DFER) is a New York-based right-of-center political action committee and advocacy group which focuses on encouraging the Democratic Party to support public education reform and charter schools.[1]
DFER emerged around the same time as the Education Equality Project.[2] Hedge fund manager and philanthropist Whitney Tilson and lawyer and former politician Kevin P. Chavous are among the group's co-founders.[3]
Positions
DFER claims to support five policy areas: resource equity, teacher quality and preparation, accountability, public school choice, and higher ed quality and affordability. In 2018, the Colorado Democratic Party asked the Colorado DFER chapter to stop using "Democrats" in its name.[4]
Leadership
Shavar Jeffries, one of the charter school sector's most prominent Black leaders, became the president of the organization in 2015.[5][6][7] Since 2023, the organization is led by Jorge Elorza, former mayor of Providence, Rhode Island.[8]