Along with ALEC, there clearly was some other organization called StudentsFirst that has been helping spearhead the effort to “reform” all of our social universities. According to Stephanie Simon, Michelle Rhee, creator and you will Ceo from StudentsFirst, has “came up because commander regarding an impractical coalition away from political figures, philanthropists, financiers and you will business owners which faith the country’s $five-hundred billion-a-year public training system need a giant change.” Simon added one Rhee, the previous chancellor of the D.C. public colleges, “has vowed to improve $1 billion” to have StudentsFirst, and you can “permanently break the latest your hands on instructors unions into the degree rules.”