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May 8, 2013 Postcards from the Past  A new, occasional blog post by CER President Jeanne Allen in commemoration of CER’s 20th Anniversary in business and the historical events that have taken place during our history. It was January, 1997. It was Pennsylvania. The letter began: “I recently read with considerable interest your account of […] Read more »

Newswire: Tuesday May 7, 2013 SPECIAL EDITION WHY NATIONAL CHARTER SCHOOLS WEEK IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO IMPROVE by Jeanne Allen “People seldom improve when they have no other model but themselves to copy after.” –Oliver Goldsmith (‘In other words, self-reflection is essential but seeing others exhibit characteristics or actions that are worth learning from is […] Read more »

A fantastic opinion piece by education reform pioneer T. Willard Fair appeared on Tallahassee.com on April 19, 2013: There has long been a troubling attitude in our society about low-income parents. Put bluntly, it goes like this: Poor people make poor parents. Of course, folks in proper circles usually don’t come right out and say […] Read more »

Founder and President of the Center for Education Reform reflects on the Boston tragedy in a Huffington Post piece: The events of recent months tell us we must all do that, no matter how incorrect the social scientists believe such behavior to be. Every mother must ask herself — do I really know my child? […] Read more »

April 22, 2013 Postcards from the Past  A new, occasional blog post by CER President Jeanne Allen in commemoration of CER’s 20th Anniversary in business and the historical events that have taken place during our history. Ohio, 1994 So many people start a sentence with “it seems like yesterday,” but you know, that phrase has […] Read more »

Solve the education problem, teach students about their nation's founding, its economic model and what we should and shouldn't expect government to do for us, and you achieve financial literacy. Read more »

April 17, 2013 Just hours ago, Governor Phil Bryant signed the Mississippi Charter Schools Act of 2013 into law.  When this legislation was first headed to the governor’s desk, the Center for Education Reform acknowledged this as a step forward for Mississippi, but emphasized that this legislation is not as bold or aggressive as the […] Read more »

As news of the Boston Marathon explosions dominate social media, television, and people’s thoughts and concerns, children across the nation are likely to have questions and concerns of their own. These resources offer suggestions and tips for providing reassurance and guidance to children when talking to them about tragedy: –Talking with Kids about News from […] Read more »

Pennsylvania State Rep. James Roebuck (D-Philadelphia) is not an honest broker. With more than $50,000 in contributions each year from the city’s teachers unions, the public should know that the reform bill he is backing for charter schools is about destroying, not reforming; about raising up the status quo, not real reform of our schools. […] Read more »

March 7, 2013 Stephanie Heishman, CER’s senior development director, was in Kansas City on Monday and had the opportunity to tour University Academy, a Kansas City K-12 college prep charter school that serves approximately 1,000 students. The mission of University Academy is to prepare students to succeed in an institution of higher education and to […] Read more »