{"id":704,"date":"2012-01-16T14:24:42","date_gmt":"2012-01-16T18:24:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coreeducationllc.com\/blog2\/?p=704"},"modified":"2012-04-28T08:31:13","modified_gmt":"2012-04-28T12:31:13","slug":"times-12-education-activists-for-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coreeducationllc.com\/blog2\/times-12-education-activists-for-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"TIME\u2019s \u201c12 Education Activists for 2012\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Time Magazine<\/em> has named its picks for the top education activists to watch in 2012.\u00a0 So who are some of these potential movers and shakers (in no particular order)?<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. Catharine Bellinger and Alexis Morin:<\/strong>\u00a0 Two students who founded Students for Education Reform (SFER) in 2009, with the goal of mobilizing college students around the country to advocate for reform via the ballot.\u00a0 There are currently 71 chapters in 28 states, and is growing so fast that both Bellinger and Morin have taken a hiatus from their own studies to manage the non-profit.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. Matt Damon:<\/strong>\u00a0 The actor is using his fame to talk about education policy issues.\u00a0 This is no surprise, as his mother is a teacher.\u00a0 The actor participated in the Save Our Schools March last spring, and recently refused to accept an award from the National Education Association (NEA) because the president of the organization wrote an op-ed with the Teach for America founder about teacher quality.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. John Danner:<\/strong>\u00a0 A successful entrepreneur in online advertising who became a middle school teacher in the Nashville public schools and activist for education reform.\u00a0 He co-founded Rocketship Learning, a network of California public charters that rely heavily on technology to customize each student\u2019s education.\u00a0 There are currently 5 schools in the network, with approval to establish another 20 in the San Jose area.<\/p>\n<p><strong>4. Aimee Guidera:<\/strong>\u00a0 President of the national Data Quality Campaign, she is widely credited for playing a key role in pushing states to improve their data systems and publicly holding them accountable for doing so.\u00a0 Her task for 2012 will be to help states expand from collecting quality data to using that data to inform decision-making at all levels.<\/p>\n<p><strong>5. 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