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School Choice Does Work, is Constitutional By Richard Komer DNJ.com October 18, 2013 Zelman v. Simmons-Harris in 2002 was of one of the most important U.S. Supreme Court decisions since Brown vs. Board of Education. In Zelman v. Simmons-Harris, the court upheld the constitutionality of a school choice program in Cleveland for low-income children long […] Read more »

The Center for Education Reform (CER) conference room is filled beyond capacity with white polka dot boxes and there is a consistent assembly line in progress to tie the beautiful red bows atop the boxes. The guest list is checked over and over and over again to ensure it is correct. After the last couple […] Read more »

A Dearth of Statehouse Mavericks Posted: 10/16/2013 6:37 pm Lack of gutsy governors stagnating real education reform Millions of children are now fully ensconced in another year at America’s schools. Unfortunately for most families, the schools, classrooms, teachers, and school leaders are functioning in much the same manner as they did last year — and […] Read more »

Wherever there are elections, there will most assuredly be candidates paying lip service to their own interpretations of “education reform.” Naturally, many politicians favor the abstract concepts of “building better schools,” “accountability,” and an old favorite, “doing what’s best for our kids.” However, do these lofty statements on education make these candidates, reformers? What does […] Read more »

As part of the First Fridays series of once a month charter school tours in DC, the school year kicked off with an interactive tour of a unique charter school in Columbia Heights. Mundo Verde Bilingual Public Charter School opened its doors in 2011, currently serving students in grades pre-K through second. The school has […] Read more »

Congratulations to the Houston Independent School District (HISD) on winning the 2013 Broad Prize for Urban Education, an annual grant given by The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation. The Broad Prize is intended to distribute college scholarship grants to school districts that demonstrate large-scale improvements in student achievement. Read more »

Dear Whitney: It's late. I'm home bound on a train from Philly from an extraordinary set of discussions about saving Catholic schools as one of the important options that should remain available to our kids, the least advantaged among them, especially. But I just had to write you. Read more »

Whitney Tilson is a self-described reform warrior who from his hedge fund perch disseminates information and opinions – as well as a variety of travel logs about his own escapades around the world – with a wide and growing group of people that just like being “in the know.” It’s often entertaining, sometimes informative, and in general, everyone gets a kick out of reading about themselves or something Whitney likes that they did. Read more »

Hello! My name is Ta Lynn Mitchell and I am the newest intern at the Center for Education Reform (CER). As a junior at American University, I have lived here in DC for the past 3 years and I have visited Bethesda Row on many occasions, not aware that CER, a pioneering organization in the education reform movement and an organization that I would later have the opportunity to intern for, was right down the street. Read more »

Today is Constitution Day, marking the 226th anniversary of the document that laid the groundwork for the great experiment that is the United States of America. Through a series of Articles and Amendments, the Framers of the Constitution provided the blueprint for federalism -- that is the way in which the federal government interacts with states, and the governmental powers afforded to each entity. Read more »