January 17, 2017 The Ohio Department of Education is refusing to answer questions from The Plain Dealer about why its review last year of the district's charter school oversight work penalizes the district for technical violations of rules that do not even apply to the district—penalties which lead to the to the district’s oversight being…

he Center for Education Reform has teamed up with the Jack Kemp Foundation to elevate the national conversation on expanding education opportunity, a critical step toward upward mobility for all Americans, particularly our youth.

By Ovetta Wiggins Washington Post July 1, 2016 The president of Marylanders to Prevent Gun Violence is doing something she has never done before: organizing volunteers to monitor the state’s Handgun Review Permit Board. The board, which hears appeals from people who have been denied gun permits, is one of at least three in the…

Charter school sponsors will be spending the better part of July submitting documents for a new evaluation process that some argue is cumbersome and makes it impossible to receive perfect marks. The new evaluation framework - which was created by an advisory panel following a discovery last summer that the previous ratings were being calculated…

Details about North Carolina's proposed budget that would vastly expand choices for children:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 22, 2016 CONTACT: Eileen O'Connor [email protected] 617-806-6999 BOSTON, MA - New data from Boston’s six public charter high schools shows that 98.5% of 2016 graduates were accepted into college; 89% were accepted to a four-year university. Each of the six public charter high schools in Boston sent more than 90% of…

“There’s no excuse for the current state of America’s educational system,” Engler told the group last week. “We run the risk of falling even further behind if we don’t incorporate innovation and opportunity as bedrock principles.”

Governor John Bel Edwards has now signed legislation ordering that all New Orleans schools return to the control of the Orleans Parish School Board.

In 1991, at a time when many yearned for transformation in education, states responded with an innovation of the traditional public school model – charter schools.

To better meet the needs of unique students, Denver Public Schools is expanding choice and offering school leaders increased autonomy. In a new article for Education Next, David Osborne, director of the project on Reinventing America’s Schools at the Progressive Policy Institute, finds that Denver’s strategy has produced impressive gains in student achievement. In the…