[1] The organization worked to pass state laws on issues such as expanding charter schools and teacher tenure reform.
[10] StudentsFirst supports the Student Success Act, legislation signed into law by Governor Rick Scott of Florida;[11] Michigan legislation that will remove a teacher's tenure status after a bad evaluation;[12] and similar proposals in Georgia, Indiana, Minnesota, Nevada, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee.
[19] The organization has received seed money from the Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation, a backer of educational reform in school districts.
[6] As of May 2011, it had 21 staff members, and planned to engage in lobbying, the drafting of legislation and the backing of candidates for elected office.
[21] Scott's opponent in the upcoming race, Bobbie Walton, said StudentsFirst's involvement in the local election was "evidence of a national push to discredit teachers unions.