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Choice & Charter Schools

Sometimes It’s Okay to Be Divisive

First, let’s review what the leaders of these unions have recently demanded before they allow their members to go back to...

Catholic Education Hangs in the Political Balance

Proponents say the November election’s outcome will determine the future of many schools.

Fox & Friends: Political extortion? Teachers issue demands before returning to the classroom

CER Founder & CEO Jeanne Allen appeared on Fox & Friends for a segment on: Educators from across the country take part in a National Day of Resistance to demand police-free schools, canceling rents and mortgages, Wall Street funds for reopening and more.

URGENT ED POLICY CHANGES NEEDED

School districts continue to struggle with critical decisions, union threats about national strikes, and parents are taking their children’s education into their own hands like never before.

Charter Schools Don’t Need Blood Money

This time the sour reminder hit close to home, however, when the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools (NAPCS) announced that charters’ arch enemy, teachers union leader Randi Weingarten, would be joining them for a folksy little fireside chat in their annual conference (virtual this year) in an effort to find ‘common ground.’

CER: After Wrongful Attack on Charter Schools, Elizabeth Warren Should Skip Teachers’ Strike

Presidential candidate condemned by advocates for student-centered education for joining reckless teachers’ strike, threatening future-saving schools WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Center for Education Reform (CER) issued the following statement today by CER president and founder Jeanne Allen regarding today’s scheduled visit by U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), a candidate for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, to the Chicago Teachers…

Expanding Education Opportunity in Rural America

PRESS ADVISORYFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEOctober 1, 2019CONTACT: PR [email protected](703) 966-0831Expanding Education Opportunity in Rural AmericaIngredients for revitalizing rural educationWashington, D.C. -- With increasing scrutiny of rural America and its lagging educational outcomes, it’s time to consider new, innovative approaches to improving and expanding education opportunity in rural communities. That is the conclusion of a new whitepaper issued…

NEW OPTIONS FOR TEEN  PARENTS

July 16, 2019SPOKANE, WA – Folks in the Evergreen state are providing  meaningful innovation options   to non-traditional students. Spokane’s third charter school, Lumen High School will cater to teen parents across the county.  Co-founder Shauna Edwards explains the school’s purpose, “I think our goal would be to help our students be successful. What that means…

Anti-charter groups should stay out of debate

Monday night, the West Virginia Legislature passed a bill allowing for the very limited operation of charter schools. It won’t be enough in a state struggling to pass most of its students.

AUDIO RECORDING OF IDAHO CHARTER SCHOOL COMMISSION CLOSED-DOOR MEETING SPARKS OUTRAGE

June 21, 2019JEROME ID – In an April 11, 2019 Idaho Public Charter School Commission Meeting, Commissioners and state-paid Commission employees are caught on tape making disparaging comments about many of the schools they oversee, including Heritage Academy in Jerome. Commissioners also took potshots at the Jerome School District and the residents of Jerome.Idaho Open…