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Tennessee Lawmakers To Take Up Vouchers
02.25.2013
Governor Bill Haslam vaguely referenced school vouchers in his State of the State speech last month, and committees will begin their work on voucher legislation this week.
TN Governor Touts Vouchers
01.29.2013
Bill Haslam used his annual State of the State address to defend his plan to implement a limited school voucher program next fall.
MS House Passes Charter School Bill
01.24.2013
The fight for a quality charter school law in Mississippi is not over, as the House & Senate must negotiate a final version to hand off to the governor.
Graduation Rate Moves Up, Hits 78%
01.23.2013
Some 78.2 percent finished in four years, graduating in spring 2010, a new report found Tuesday. Grim economic conditions and the need to be competitive in a crowded job market played a role.
Yes, Effective Teaching Can Be Identified
01.09.2013
A study found that effective teachers can boost the test scores of students who had struggled under low-performing instructors, marking a new salvo in the national debate over teacher performance.
Battle Over Maine Charter Schools
01.08.2013
Amid talk of Governor LePage’s proposal to lift the cap on charter schools, public school administrators say new charter schools not feeling the effects of budget cuts is unfair.
The Top 9 Moments You Missed When We Debated Charter Schools
03.07.2017
Are charter schools overrated? This was the topic at hand for Wednesday night’s Intelligence Squared debate. Jeanne Allen and Gerard Robinson advocated for charter schools as they took on Gary Miron and Julian Vasquez Heilig. The discussion was impassioned, intelligent, and civil (mostly). If you didn’t get the chance to tune in, here are the…
3 Must-Watch (or Read!) Pieces About Education in Washington
01.19.2017
Fox & Friends — Leading Teachers Unions Discredit DeVos Setting the record straight on union efforts to discredit Betsy Devos and parent power. Watch here. Wall Street Journal — Who Is Betsy DeVos? Dispelling myths about Donald Trump’s pick for Education Secretary. Watch here. ABC — How Trump’s Pick for Education Secretary May Reignite the Education Wars…
An Important Message about Dr. King and Charter Schools
01.15.2017
This article shines a light on the depth — and longevity of support — for charter schools in the African-American community. The story of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s closest aide and chief of staff, Dr. Wyatt T. Walker, is not only enlightening, but something few know. It is in that spirit that we are…
On the Twelfth Day of Christmas CER Gave to Me…
01.06.2017
Wise People Knowing! (11th) Great Funders Funding 10th) Best of Teachers Teaching (9th) Nine Data Dancing (8th) Charter Schools Leading (7th) Opportunity Scholars Expanding (6th) Parent Power Growing (5th) State Policy Changing (4th) Reformie Ladies Lunching (3rd) A Global Hub for Technology (2nd) Model Legislation And a Nominee for Opportunity! The final in our 12-ish days of Christmas…
On the Eleventh Day of Christmas CER Gave To Me…
01.05.2017
Great Funders Funding! (10th) Best of Teachers Teaching (9th) Nine Data Dancing (8th) Charter Schools Leading (7th) Opportunity Scholars Expanding (6th) Parent Power Growing (5th) State Policy Changing (4th) Reformie Ladies Lunching (3rd) A Global Hub for Technology (2nd) Model Legislation And a Nominee for Opportunity! The 11th in our 12-ish days of Christmas series, intended to…
On the Tenth Day of Christmas CER Gave to Me…
01.04.2017
The Best of Teachers Teaching! (9th) Nine Data Dancing (8th) Charter Schools Leading (7th) Opportunity Scholars Expanding (6th) Parent Power Growing (5th) State Policy Changing (4th) Reformie Ladies Lunching (3rd) A Global Hub for Technology (2nd) Model Legislation And a Nominee for Opportunity! The 10th in our 12-ish days of Christmas series, intended to bring gifts to…
The School Reopening Saga
02.19.2021
The media finally appear to be losing patience at the Biden Administration’s waffling
Latest On The School Reopening Saga
02.18.2021
Media Tires Of Rhetoric And Unions Claim Their Actions Won’t Harm Students
Newswire – February 17, 2021
02.17.2021
REOPEN OR REDISTRIBUTE?
The Fight To Reopen Schools Is On For Parents Everywhere
02.10.2021
We can no longer allow students to continue to lose ground in learning.
Newswire – February 10, 2021
02.10.2021
The minute by minute changes in minds, direction, policy and even promises have been hard to keep up with, resulting in Newswire’s delay this week. If you care about kids, read and weep — then dry your eyes and get your battle gear on.
February 2, 2021
02.03.2021
Pressure builds on school to reopen during pandemic
CER Welcomes New President & COO
09.27.2017
Press Release from the Center for Education Reform: Lesley Albanese joins nation’s leader in fight for innovation and opportunity New Board member also announced (Washington DC) – The Center for Education Reform (CER) announced today that Lesley Albanese, a nationally recognized leader and development professional has been appointed president and COO, taking on a new…
CER Response to 49th Annual PDK Poll
08.28.2017
August 28th, 2017 Statement from the Center for Education Reform A Special Report issued today by the Center for Education Reform critiquing the annual PDK poll on the public’s attitudes toward the public schools finds poll questions remain highly misleading, the public’s attitudes highly mixed, and perhaps most important and least prevalent in the PDK…
New Gallup Poll Reinforces Need for School Choice
08.22.2017
August 21, 2017 Statement by Jeanne Allen, Founder and CEO Gallup International released its education poll on Monday, August 21, which found overwhelming support for private schools over traditional public schools, 71-44 percent respectively. Jeanne Allen, CEO and founder of the Center for Education Reform commented on these results, pointing out that the latest Gallup…
AFRICAN-AMERICAN EDUCATION LEADERS SPEAK OUT AGAINST NAACP ACTIONS
07.31.2017
The following statement was issued today by CER directors David Hardy, founder and Chair of Boys’ Latin Philadelphia Charter School and Donald Hense, founder and chairman of Washington D.C.’s Friendship Public Charter Schools, in response to the NAACP Task Force on Education Quality July 2017 Hearing Report. The NAACP’s campaign against charter schools is detrimental and disrespectful to all…
STATEMENT: Allen Renews Call for Union Leader to Step Down
07.26.2017
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 matter how insulting that message is to African-Americans and people of color throughout the nation—is more important than honesty, fairness,…
Union leader’s attack on parents and others who support school choice is hateful and should not stand
07.20.2017
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 a deeply offensive, highly inflammatory insult to all the parents and people – of all races, backgrounds, and regions –…