About Us
Our nation’s economic future depends on the successful creation of new, available school choices that break the mold of conventional education. Such competitive forces have continued to yield dramatic improvements in achievement among students of every income level.
The Center for Education Reform helped launch this movement in 1993, and continues to be the leading voice and advocate for lasting, substantive and structural education reform in the U.S. The Center was founded with a simple, but ambitious, guiding principle: to restore excellence to education by bridging the gap between policy and practice such that great ideas are put into action. Read More.
About CER President Kara Kerwin
About CER Founder Jeanne Allen
CER In the News
Accountability or overregulation? Charter supporters split over Minnesota bill (3/7/14, Watchdog.org)
Obama’s Budget Boosts Preschool, Access To Top Teachers, But Freezes Many Education Programs (3/5/14, Huffington Post)
Our View: School budget puts Idaho on right path (3/5/14, Idaho Statesmen)
Cashing in on Hypocrisy (3/5/14, Union Watch)
AFT, Nonprofit Launch ‘Cashing in on Kids’ Website, Spur Controversy (2/28/14, Education Week)
Who Sends Their Kids to Charter Schools? (2/28/14, Pacific Standard)
NC School Vouchers on Hold (2/25/14, Watchdog.org)
Questions Raised about Teacher Quality Report (2/21/14, Southern Maryland Online)
Will a Partisan Divide Derail Universal Pre-K? (2/11/14, CBS News)
In Arizona, Choosing Schools is a Popular Practice (2/7/14, The Republic)
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Press Releases
Tennessee Needs to Embrace School Choice (3/11/14)
President Obama Puts Opportunity Scholarships On Chopping Bloc (3/4/14)
Education Can Be For Students and For-Profit (2/27/14)
Tennessee Has Chance to Bolster Educational Options Through Charter School Law Improvements (2/25/14)
NC Opportunity Scholarship Injunction Violates Parent, Student Rights (2/21/14)
Digital Learning Toolkit Guides Innovators (2/7/14)
Groundbreaking Report on Education Innovation (2/3/14)
Major Report on Digital Learning to be Released (2/2/14)
CER Releases Survey of America’s Charter Schools (1/30/14)
North Carolina Opportunity Scholarship Program Under Attack (12/11/13)
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Op-Eds, Columns, and Letters
It’s Time to Honor Teachers as Professionals (Williams Pioneer Review, 3/6/14)
Education Needs to be Adapted to the Times (The Easley Progress, 2/28/14)
What Amazon can Teach us About U.S. Education (2/28/14)
Obama’s Education Fibs (Wall Street Journal, 2/5/14)
How to Solve the Education Crisis – It’s all About Who You Elect (Pleasanton Express, 1/8/14)
GOP Leader to Speak on School Choice (National Journal, 1/7/14)
The Truth about Calvin Baker and the Vail District’s Charter School Conversations (Arizona Daily Star, 12/20/13)
The Adjunct Question (National Journal, 12/3/13)
Jeanne Allen on the Lack of Gutsy Governors Willing to Embrace Education Reform (10/16/13)
Truth Matters: A look at the “Tilson Tirade” on Online Learning, Part II (9/30/13)
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CER Publications
2014 Charter School Law Rankings & Scorecard
The 15th edition of CER’s charter law rankings and scorecard, coming soon!
2014 Survey of America’s Charter Schools
A study performed since 1996 that has become the most reliable and detailed view of the environment and conditions in which public charter schools operate.
2014 Digital Learning Toolkit
The Facts About Digital and Blended Learning toolkit arms online learning supporters with the realities about digital and blended learning, fights common myths about digital learning, offers suggestions for working with the media, and provides connections to some of the best digital learning resources and organizations.
The Media and the Digital Learning Revolution
A new report illuminates key trends in the news coverage of digital and blended learning modalities, and identifies the need to grow public understanding of these important innovations transforming student learning.
America’s Attitudes Towards Education Reform: Executive Summary
A plurality of Americans says that parents should have more power over their child’s education, including access to information and data about their child’s school.
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