COVID Action Series - The Center for Education Reform

We’re devoting our time, expertise, and influence to help uncover—and seize—the opportunity magnified by the Covid crisis.

As an agent of change, CER marvels at the breadth, depth, and speed with which the pandemic has altered our world.

We encourage all CER stakeholders—from Capitol Hill and state/local leadership, to educators and the students/families they serve—to use the content organized here to make sure learning continues...and continues to evolve in a positive direction.

HOW IS COVID RE-SHAPING EDUCATION? AND HOW DO WE MAKE SURE EDUCATION AT ALL LEVELS MOVES FORWARD NOT BACK?

Resources

WATCH: The Existential Union Threat to Charter Schools

Recorded on July 15, 2020

On Friday, July 10, the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools announced that American Federation of Teachers’ President Randi Weingarten would be part of their annual meeting. The Alliance backed down after the outcry from the charter community and supporters, but why would the most vocal enemy of charter schools be invited in the first place?
Watch this highly charged conversation with Dr. Steve Perry, Founder of Capital Preparatory Magnet School, and Mr. David Hardy, Co-Founder and Leader of Boys Latin of Philadelphia Charter School.

READ: The Future of Schools

Published on April 22, 2020

CER’s report sets a new course for policymakers, advocates and families and educators to follow as we work to reshape education during (and after) COVID-19.

LISTEN: Seth Andrews on His New College, Degrees Of Freedom

Published June 22, 2020

Seth Andrew (@SethAndrew) founder of the Democracy Prep charter school network and the social venture incubator Democracy Builders, joins Reality Check remotely to discuss newest endeavor, a college called Degrees of Freedom (degreesoffreedom.org), providing a hybrid late high school, early college experience for students who are low income and the first in their families to attend college. Listen for more!