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CER's Latest Action Series Covered in the Boston Globe
Two Catholic school superintendents who serve over 100,000 combined students - most of them from marginalized communities shared the urgency of Saving Catholic Schools in the most recent episode of our COVID ACTION Series - Saving Catholic Schools: What's Happened & Why it's Important.
In New Mexico, A High Quality Charter School Gets Punished by State Regulators
It’s hard to believe, but an A rated school in Albuquerque, New Mexico for over four years - only one of 13% of schools in the state with that distinction - has been denied an expansion to serve the 1,000 students on the waiting list. Even in a time of Covid, and uncertainty over schooling,…
New Mexico Denies Exceptional School Expansion
“There should be no reason that any governmental agency tasked with approving and overseeing the creation and expansion of charter schools – would deny families for whom education is the great equalizer,”
Supreme Court Decision in Education Case Imminent
Supreme Court Decision in Education Case Imminent Blaine Amendments and Rights of Families to Direct Their Children’s Education at Issue WASHINGTON, D.C. — A decision in the case Espinoza vs. Montana Department of Revenue is expected within the next 30 days and could fundamentally alter education governance in the US. At issue is the constitutionality…
Educational Choice Advocacy Alert to Parents, Clergy and Educators
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EdChoice on Espinoza v. Montana Dept. of Revenue
EdChoice on SCOTUS announcement in Espinoza v. Montana Dept. of RevenueEdChoice | June 28, 2019In Espinoza vs Montana Dept of Revenue, EdChoice and 12 others filed amicus briefs at the U.S. Supreme Court in support of Montana parents who are asking the Court to consider their case.INDIANAPOLIS—EdChoice, a national nonprofit organization that promotes state-based educational choice…
WILL, SCOTT WALKER SUBMIT AMICUS TO U.S. SUPREME COURT IN SCHOOL CHOICE CASE
SCHOOL CHOICE, RELIGIOUS FREEDOM AT STAKE IN ESPINOZA V. MONTANA Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty (WILL) | September 25, 2019"The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty (WILL), on behalf of Governor Scott Walker, filed an amicus brief to the United States Supreme Court in Espinoza v. Montana, a critical school choice and religious freedom case…
The Alliance for Choice in Education Files Supreme Court Brief
The Alliance for Choice in Education Files Supreme Court BriefApril 11, 2019The Alliance for Choice in Education’s brief ties together many of the themes present in the numerous amicus briefs filed in support of Kendra Espinoza. The brief first points out that barring religious options from Montana’s school choice program perpetuates the historical discrimination and…
Agudath Israel Files Supreme Court Brief
Agudath Israel Files Supreme Court Brief: Is Excluding Religious Schools from a School Choice Program Constitutional?Agudath Israel of America | April 12, 2019"Agudath Israel has filed an amicus curiae (friend of the court) brief in the Supreme Court of the United States in a case, Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue, involving a Montana tax…
REOPENING SCHOOLS: WHAT TO EXPECT
CER will convene three prestigious education leaders who are helping drive local, state and federal responses to continuous education post Covid-19. WHO: New Orleans Education Superintendent Dr. Henderson Lewis, Jr., School Board chair Ethan Ashley, and former DC City Council Chair, author and now K-12 president Kevin ChavousModerated by Jeanne Allen, Founder & CEO, Center for Education…