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CER Press Release Washington, DC December 3, 2013 Kara Kerwin, president of The Center for Education Reform, released the following statement on the 2012 Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA): “The United States’ dismal scores on the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) was once again expected due to the inability of lawmakers at all […] Read more »

CER Press Release Washington, DC November 7, 2013 Kara Kerwin, president of The Center for Education Reform (CER), released the following statement upon the release of the 2013 Nation’s Report Card: “It’s a disgrace and truly incomprehensible that after decades of mediocrity, we celebrate today the fact that only 36 percent of our nation’s 8th […] Read more »

Kara Kerwin officially becomes President, Alison Consoletti Zgainer becomes Executive Vice President CER Press Release Washington, DC November 1, 2013 The Center for Education Reform (CER) today undergoes its leadership transition, with Kara Kerwin officially becoming President, and Alison Consoletti Zgainer the Executive Vice President of the 20 year-old organization that continues to be the […] Read more »

Highlights National Education Poll, and Honors The Nation’s Leaders in Innovation CER Press Release Washington, DC October 11, 2013 The Center for Education Reform (CER) announced Wednesday the results of its recent poll on The State of Education in America at its 20th Anniversary Conference and Gala (CERat20) in Washington, DC, where pioneers were honored […] Read more »

Celebrating twenty years as the pioneer and leading advocate for substantive reform in education, The Center for Education Reform (CER) in collaboration with Education Nation, released a nationwide poll at NBC News’ Education Nation Summit yesterday. Read more »

September 27, 2013 In 2013, the mean total score for all students who took the SAT exam revealed absolutely zero progress from 2012, just barely avoiding the continuation of a downward trend beginning in 2010. The same figure actually dropped from 2012-2013 when limited to public school students. The achievement gap in scores between white […] Read more »

Bob Bowdon, Derrell Bradford, Kenneth Campbell, Paul Powell, & Joe Williams to perform at The Center for Education Reform’s 20th Anniversary Gala CER Press Release Washington, DC September 9, 2013 The Center for Education Reform (CER) knows how to analyze and influence issues, and the group also knows how to throw a party. So it’s […] Read more »

Indiana continues to rank number one in the country in meeting 21st century education needs and parent demands, according to the second annual Parent Power Index™ (PPI) released today by The Center for Education Reform (CER), the nation's leading advocate for lasting, substantive and structural education reform in the US. Read more »

Only five states have shown above average progress in meeting 21st century education needs and parent demands, according to the second annual Parent Power IndexTM released today by The Center for Education Reform (CER). Read more »

The Center for Education Reform (CER), the nation’s leading advocate for substantive and lasting school reform, today announced in concert with the start of the 2013-14 School Year that it will launch a new effort to grow awareness and support of the need of real education reform among the 280 million people whose lives are still untouched by that reform’s promise and reality. Read more »