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This summer, CER is lucky enough to have five wonderful interns who hail from colleges across the nation. They had the opportunity to attend the 2013 National Charter Schools Conference since it was right in our own backyard.

Each share their reflections on the conference, CER’s legacy, and education reform and their intern experience thus far. We look forward to their Edspresso contributions during their remaining time at CER!

Tyler Losey:
The charter school movement has very strong enemies. First, there is the mass of unions, bureaucrats, and politicians working every day against reform. There is ignorance about what exactly charter schools are, which is an enemy as well. At times it might seem like the proponents of charter schools have no chance of success — that we are up against a lot. At the National Charter School Conference there was a sign, however, that our movement is as equally strong as our enemies…
read Tyler Losey’s post here

Macon Richardson:
Commuters flooded in and out of Tenleytown station, ready to face a typical DC, muggy Monday morning. For me, however, the morning was decidedly atypical. Instead of hopping on the red line to CER’s Bethesda office, I took the train the opposite direction. I headed downtown to DC’s convention center for the National Alliance of Public Charter Schools Conference. At the convention center, my fellow interns and I had a single task…
read Macon Richardson’s post here

Austin White:
As I walked through the doors of the Charter School Conference wheeling suitcases full of CER’s tote bags, I watched the subtle expression of confusion emerge on the toughened face of the security guard ahead of me. I tried to appear confident, but insecurely felt that my ambivalence was radiating…
read Austin White’s post here

Annie Bennett:
After representing CER at the National Charter School Conference this week, one thing was evident — sometimes you can learn a lot from the sidelines. This year’s conference was located here in D.C., which meant it was a great opportunity to spread information and publications about what CER stands for and the impact the organization is having throughout the country. Even without stepping foot in a break-out session or listening to the impressive line-up of speakers…
read Annie Bennett’s post here

Callie Wendell:
The variety of people and the multitude of locations from which they came from is extremely symbolic of the charter school movement. Charter schools don’t just affect a certain group of people; they touch the lives of a plethora of people across the country…
read Callie Wendell’s post here