CER Internship Program

About This Role

The Center for Education Reform (CER) offers internship opportunities in Washington, DC for motivated undergraduates and graduate students who want to engage in education reform and innovation. Interns contribute to research, communications, events, and strategic initiatives that drive impact across the country.

Interns work 20–30 hours per week during school semesters; 35–40 hours per week in summer according to a hybrid work model with at least one in-office day per week at the CER office in Washington, DC. Interns are eligible for a daily stipend or academic credit.

Internship Program dates are:

  • Spring Term: January–April (Application Deadline: Jan 20)
  • Summer Term: May–August (Application Deadline: March 15)
  • Fall Term: September–December (Application Deadline: July 15)

Open internship positions are the following:

  • Research & Policy Intern
  • Communications & Media Intern
  • Events & Operations Intern

About CER

The Center for Education Reform is a national leader in advancing educational opportunity, innovation, freedom, and parent power. For more than three decades, CER has worked at the intersection of policy and practice — advancing laws and ideas that make innovation possible while supporting the people and organizations turning those opportunities into reality for students and families.

These positions offer a opportunity to help lead that work at a consequential moment for CER and for American education.

To Apply

Email your resume, a short writing sample and a statement of interest (max 500 words) with subject line: “Internship” to [email protected] by the deadline for the term of interest.

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