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A School Voucher Surrender

John Boehner would not have left the D.C. scholarships in limbo. Wall Street Journal Outlook & Review December 17, 2015 Somebody owes John Boehner an apology. The former House Speaker was routinely attacked as a faux conservative who sold out the conservative agenda. Well, Mr. Boehner is gone and the agenda-setting has been left to…

No Child Left Behind is dead. Here's what's replacing it

President Obama signed the Every Student Succeeds Act into law Thursday. The bill replaces No Child Left Behind and is the first major federal education reform in almost 14 years.

How will the Every Student Succeeds Act affect school choice?

The Center for Education Reform applauded passage while reminding the public that the bill isn't perfect.

Every Student Succeeds: Reforming No Child Left Behind

Wall Street Journal Opinion Journal December 3, 2015 CER Founder and President Emeritus Jeanne Allen on Wall Street Journal Opinion Journal discussing the Every Student Succeeds Act, or the reauthorization of No Child Left Behind, also known as the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.

Hillary Clinton May Not Like It, But Charter Schools Continue To Grow

by Maureen Sullivan Forbes November 30, 2015 More children attend charter schools in Los Angeles – 151,310 – than in any other district in the country. Post-Katrina New Orleans remains the district with the highest percentage – 93% – of students in charter schools. And the number of charter school students in New York City…

Charter school pablum: Hillary Clinton misleads on education

Hillary Clinton took an uninformed swipe at charter schools while on the stump. And she necessarily was smacked in a fusillade of criticism.

Anne Arundel teachers turn to work-to-rule to lobby for better pay

by Allison Bourg ABC2 News November 19. 2015 No volunteering at after-school activities, no chaperoning field trips and no returning parent emails outside of school hours. Those are just some of the things that more than a thousand teachers in Anne Arundel County are refusing to do as part of their efforts to push for…

Unions Eye L.A. Charter Schools

Efforts to organize teachers in the country’s largest system could have nationwide repercussions By Kris Maher Wall Street Journal Nov. 16, 2015 As teachers unions ramp up efforts to organize the fast-growing charter school movement, one of the biggest and most contentious fights is taking place at a chain of schools in Los Angeles. In…

Hillary's Charter Backflip

The Center for Education Reform talks to Wall Street Journal Opinion Journal about Hillary Clinton's comments on charter schools while on the campaign trail, and how backing from national teacher unions has likely swayed her opinion on these alternative public schools.

The Power of Education Innovation: A Cautionary Tale

One of the most prevalent education reforms will soon turn 25. Started in 1991 to disrupt what was considered the traditional school districts’ exclusive franchise over education, charter schools broke philosophical ground by uniting people on both sides of the political aisle. The goal of charter schools was to make public education more responsive to…