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Charter Schools Leading! (7th) Opportunity Scholars Expanding (6th) Parent Power Growing (5th) State Policy Changing (4th) Reformie Ladies Lunching (3rd) A Global Hub for Technology (2nd) Model Legislation And a Nominee for Opportunity!   The 8th in our 12-ish days of Christmas series, intended to bring gifts to education reformers everywhere! Charter schools are no longer a marginal experiment […] Read more »

Opportunity Scholars Expanding! (6th) Parent Power Growing (5th) State Policy Changing (4th) Reformie Ladies Lunching (3rd) A Global Hub for Technology (2nd) Model Legislation And a Nominee for Opportunity!   The 7th in our 12-ish days of Christmas series, intended to bring gifts to education reformers everywhere! by Princess V. Lyles on behalf of Opportunity DC, a project of CER […] Read more »

Parent Power Growing! (5th) State Policy Changing (4th) Reformie Ladies Lunching (3rd) A Global Hub for Technology (2nd) Model Legislation And a Nominee for Opportunity!   The 6th in our 12-ish days of Christmas series, intended to bring gifts to education reformers everywhere! Parent Power is growing and evolving – not just in practice, but in the way […] Read more »

State Policy Changing (4th) Reformie Ladies Lunching (3rd) A Global Hub for Technology (2nd) Model Legislation And a Nominee for Opportunity!   The fifth in our 12-ish days of Christmas series, intended to bring gifts to education reformers everywhere! Election 2016 brought about promising opportunities for changes in state policy. Voters cast their votes so that 2017 will […] Read more »

Reformie Ladies Lunching A GLOBAL HUB FOR TECHNOLOGY MODEL LEGISLATION AND A NOMINEE FOR OPPORTUNITY!   The fourth in our 12-ish days of Christmas series, intended to bring gifts to education reformers everywhere! “Innovation is the key lever for change.” That’s what Deborah Quazzo told a room full of female movers and shakers in education gathered […] Read more »

A Global Hub for Technology Model Legislation And a Nominee for Opportunity!   The third in our 12-ish days of Christmas series, intended to bring gifts to education reformers everywhere! by Jonathan Harber — Founder, StartED Accelerator Move over, Menlo Park — there’s another tech boom coming, and not necessarily where you’d expect it. This boom is […] Read more »

Model Legislation And a Nominee for Opportunity!   The second in our 12-ish days of Christmas series, intended to bring gifts to education reformers everywhere!   by Ted Rebarber* Charter schools have become the single most effective public school reform to date. They provide opportunities to families and the freedom for schools to innovate, improve […] Read more »

A Nominee for Opportunity!   This is the first in a series of blog posts — CER’s 12(ish) Days of Christmas.  by George Mitchell* I can speak from direct experience when explaining why the nomination of Betsy DeVos as Secretary of Education is such a stunning and positive development.   In the late 1990s the […] Read more »

There’s nothing like gathering with family, friends, and colleagues over the holidays – whether it’s at the school play, a work party, or a neighborhood get-together. That is, until your crazy Aunt Sally launches into a political discussion. Be ready this year. Here are a few conversation starters (and stoppers!) to have ready at your […] Read more »

I am sure by now you have seen that #GivingTuesday is upon us. Did you know that fewer than 40% of our nation’s students are proficient in core subjects?  That number drops to below 20% for minority students and those from disadvantaged backgrounds. What if you could change that? We boldly ask that you consider the […] Read more »