NEWS & ANALYSIS

02.14.2018

Loving the Work and Those We Serve

February 14, 2018 Dear Friends, We began 2018 hopeful that real substantive changes to education policy and practice will again come to our schools and children this year. We renewed our focus on ensuring that... Read More
07.26.2017

STATEMENT: Allen Renews Call for Union Leader to Step Down

Statement from the Center for Education Reform:  Randi Weingarten’s smug obstinacy in refusing to accept responsibility for her slur against reformers is disturbing. [U.S. News & World Report, July 24, 2017]Clearly, she believes staying on message—no... Read More
07.20.2017

Union leader’s attack on parents and others who support school choice is hateful and should not stand

STATEMENT BY JEANNE ALLEN, FOUNDER AND CEO "AFT president Randi Weingarten’s characterization of education reform parents and advocates as racists akin to the southern segregationists of the past, is not just ill-advised hyperbole, it is... Read More
02.13.2017

Why the left opposes Betsy DeVos

FOX News JOURNAL EDITORIAL REPORT February 11, 2017 Center for Education Reform founder Jeanne Allen responds on 'Journal Editorial Report'
05.09.2014

Work continues to ease stress on charter schools

Tension between public schools and charter schools in Pennsylvania has been tense and competitive over the years. Legislation could help ease the situation.
04.22.2014

Pennsylvania Legislation Would Allow Charters to Open Without Permission from Hostile School Boards

Charter schools are supposed to be useful tools for families that desire more choices in education. But in Pennsylvania there aren’t nearly enough charter schools, and approximately 40,000 students have been left languishing on waiting... Read More
11.25.2013

Michigan Needs to Choose School Choice

This fall, Michigan received disappointing, but expected news: The Center for Education Reform gave the state a score of '0' for its school choice policies. Though charter public schools provide choice to approximately 10 percent... Read More
11.08.2013

2013 Nation's Report Card: Tennessee shows nation's best education gains

Memphis Commercial Appeal, TN November 8, 2013 Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam and state Commissioner of Education Kevin Huffman took a victory lap Thursday, dropping into John P. Freeman Optional School mid-afternoon to celebrate a glory... Read More

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