The OCCASIONAL Letter to Friends of The Center for Education Reform No. 105 AUGUST 2013 National Exposure All Good News Isn’t Good News. Thanks to the ever-thoughtful Claudio Sanchez at National Public Radio, the public was treated to both sides of the debate over how research should be considered in evaluating the effectiveness of school…

It's hard for anyone to make me speechless, but speechless I was that fall night in 2004. I had been meeting with several members of the South Carolina legislative Black Caucus trying to get them to support both an expanded charter school bill and an opportunity scholarship bill for low-income kids.

As leaders of the charter school movement gather in Washington, D.C. this week for their annual meeting, they do so in a decidedly mixed frame of mind.

Legislation is making its way through the NC General Assembly that would, despite good intentions, set North Carolina’s already battered charter school movement back significantly.

It's time for Maine legislators to produce a system that will foster the most amount of opportunity for students.

The fact that local districts can block innovation is one reason why Maryland's charter law has been ranked as one of the worst in the nation.

The message is painfully clear to the opponents of expanding educational options: Educational choice is not a partisan issue because the education of a child is not a partisan issue.

Why is famed Governor Chris Christie turning a blind eye toward Chris Cerf's decision to overturn the Department's previous decision to permit two virtual charter schools to open?

New Jerseyans have sadly never had an opportunity to witness the benefit of a truly statewide charter school environment that helps children succeed, all schools improve and educators thrive. Unlike most other states, New Jersey law rests all authority to approve and vet charter school applications with the state Commissioner of Education.

Let’s find ways to offer more options that address local needs, rather than invite a top-down response to an issue that has more to do with our lack of rigor generally in schools than a lack of workforce related skills being taught.