New Alliance Endeavors To Put Schools First

By Linda Jacobson

Washington

Washington

The leaders of 12 education organizations, most of them based here, are putting aside their past differences and forming a new coalition to focus on raising student achievement and boosting support for public schools.

But instead of lobbying for more education funding from Congress, the Learning First Alliance--which will include the two national teachers' unions, groups representing school administrators, the National School Boards Association, and the National PTA--will focus most of its energy on getting members of...