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Hillary Clinton wades into the internal Democratic battle over public schools

“That is absolutely false,” Jeanne Allen, the founder of the Center for Education Reform, said of Clinton’s claims about charters. “She sounds like an aloof, elite candidate from a bygone era, before ed reform was a reality.”

Hillary Clinton gets pushback for anti-charter schools comment

Most public charter schools don't take hard-to-teach students, or at least that's what Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said in an interview.

20 years of school choice: How Arizona has evolved

by Anne Ryman The Republic November 1, 2015 Valley Academy's first year was a scary time for the parents and teachers who founded one of the state's first public charter schools. Financial problems threatened to shutter the north Phoenix school just a few months after opening in fall 1995. A parent stepped in and arranged…

Evaluating Online Charter Schools

Jeanne Allen, founder and Senior Fellow of The Center for Education Reform (CER), sits down with Mary Kissel on Opinion Journal Live to discuss a controversial new study of online charter schools.

New scores add fuel to student-testing debate

The fallout is continuing over the National Assessment of Educational Progress.

School choices essential

It’s no surprise a Metro Board of Public Education member is writing that the district needs more money.

The Massachusetts Charter Push

Center for Education Reform Senior Fellow and President-Emeritus Jeanne Allen talks to Wall Street Journal Opinion on Governor Charlie Barker's proposal to lift charter school cap.

D.C. families need a voucher choice

Missing from the Oct. 9 Metro article “8 on council seek end to private school vouchers” were the voices of families and students who have benefited from the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship, a life-changing path to a better education and a brighter future.

City charters right to sue over funding

It does not come as a shock that more charter schools have joined the legal battle for equitable funding ("More charter schools join funding lawsuit, as City Council plans to probe issue," Oct. 7).

Rhode Island’s tax credit scholarship grade is largely for showing up to class

With the release of the Center for Education Reform’s 2015 scorecard for states’ school choice tax credit scholarships, Rhode Islanders with knowledge of the program might wonder how their state managed to squeak out a C grade.