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Reforms Require Strong Leadership
01.03.2012
GOP leaders bow to unions and defeat school choice in Pennsylvania.
Online Schools: An Essential Choice
12.29.2011
There are few choices parents will make that are more important than how to educate their children.
Parent Power Can Alter Dynamic
12.29.2011
Parent Trigger is a necessary precondition to kids-first change.
Weak Evaluations Aren't Worth $60M
12.29.2011
The waste and pain of forgoing RttT funds would be nothing next to the terrible consequences of placating the UFT with ill-defined evaluations.
Award-Winning Charter Targeted
12.23.2011
Top Georgia charter could be shut down, while failing traditional public schools remain open.
Charters About Accountability
12.21.2011
Charter proponents call for the closure of underperforming charter schools.
Rising to the Challenge
05.06.2015
Founded in 1999, Rise Academy in Lubbock, Texas has achieved a high level of success. For six years in a row, the school has been an “Exemplary School” in the eyes of the Texas Education Agency. But this success hasn’t been obstacle-free. The school “does more with less” to provide traditionally underserved populations of pre-K…
Engaging the Next Generation of Leaders
05.05.2015
This is blog #2 in a weeklong series of blogs featuring charter schools during Charter Schools Week 2015. Sign the pledge to show your support for public charter schools! Sometimes adults are scared that the next generation won’t have the knowledge to lead our country through the various issues that it faces. Parents of Challenge…
An Academic Dynasty
05.04.2015
This is blog #1 in a weeklong series of blogs featuring charter schools during Charter Schools Week 2015. Sign the pledge to show your support for public charter schools! When people hear the word “decathlon,” images of the Olympics and athletic prowess in track and field come to mind. For the parents, students, and teachers…
Support Edreform When You Shop Amazon!
04.24.2015
You Shop. Amazon Gives! All you have to do to is go to smile.amazon.com and select The Center for Education Reform (CER) as your charitable organization of choice, and continue shopping as you would normally! Every effort helps when it comes to ensuring ALL of our children have access to learning opportunities that deliver the promise…
Maryland’s Charter Bill No Laughing Matter
04.15.2015
In the final minutes of the Maryland General Assembly’s 2015 legislative session, the State Senate received back from the House of Delegates Senate Bill 595, a charter school bill completely unrecognizable from its original form. “Has everyone recorded the vote? Anyone who wish to change their vote? Anyone who wishes to explain the vote? If not…
The School Choice Mandate
04.09.2015
A quick glance at the @edreform Twitter feed in the last few weeks reveals a string of school choice programs that have successfully advanced through state legislatures, with little resistance expected from reform-minded governors. In Arizona, Gov. Doug Ducey signed into law an expansion of the innovative Education Savings Account (ESA) program, granting eligibility to Native American…
Newswire – May 5, 2020
05.05.2020
Week 8 of Quarantine?For some it’s 6, 7 or 8 but it’s been a long time. Everything has changed, including when we publish our content and what we are doing. In fact, some suggest that this pandemic has forced us to all do things differently, that have been a long time coming. Change is hard,…
Education groups mobilizing to get more money moving
05.05.2020
THIS IS WHY WE CALL IT THE BLOB $200 billion, on top of the $13 billion in new monies already delivered for education (see related story below) to fund federal programs in anticipation of state budget cuts is the epitome of throwing good money after bad. Never mind that the rest of the nation has to try…
TUESDAY: Reimagining Education during COVID
05.01.2020
REIMAGINING EDUCATION DURING COVIDSchool and nonprofit leaders share their success strategiesTUESDAY, MAY 5TH, 11 AM (EDT)Successful education providers are working alongside innovative thinkers and researchers to keep students learning during COVID. They have time-tested strategies for helping all students, regardless of location, keep learning.In a short 90 minute Zoom webinar, you can hear the next…
Remote Learning Success Stories
04.27.2020
HOW SCHOOLS ARE EDUCATING NOW AND FOR THE FUTURE Heads of schools serving more than 100,000 students who are learning remotely to share their programsTUESDAY, APRIL 28TH, 11 AM (EDT)Dozens of education providers, organizations, districts and schools are educating students seamlessly despite the crisis. What are they doing that others can learn from? What does it mean…
LATEST RESULTS ON HISTORY, CIVICS & GEOGRAPHY ASSESSMENT
04.23.2020
ALARMING NAEP REPORT, ON TOP OF DEFICIENCIES REVEALED BY COVID’S IMPACT ON EDUCATION, REQUIRES URGENT ACTIONNation’s Report Card shows dismal results in subjects necessary for global citizenship WASHINGTON D.C. (4.23.20) — The results of the latest nation’s Report Card reveal that only 15 percent of 8th grade students are proficient in history, and fewer than 24 percent…
Newswire – April 22, 2020
04.22.2020
THE FUTURE OF SCHOOL? If you’re interested in that, you’ll want to be joining the CER ACTION Series (That’s ACTION — meaning Accelerating Change through Innovation and Opportunity NOW)! Part III on the Future of School covered the experiences of two Change Makers who combined, serve almost 80,000 students remotely and digitally with much individual…
Parent-Driven Lawsuit Demands Equity in New York
09.16.2014
The Center for Education Reform issued the following statement on the lawsuit filed to establish fairness in New York’s education funding structure for charter school students:
New Education Policy Analysis Indicates Implementation is Key to Success
08.27.2014
Out of 14 states and the District of Columbia that have voucher programs, three earn A’s, three earn B’s, seven earn C’s, and two earn D’s on a new ranking and analysis from the Center for Education Reform (CER), School Choice Today: Voucher Laws Across the States Ranking & Scorecard 2014 released today.
Local Leaders Join Forces to Accelerate Education Reform
08.21.2014
The Center for Education Reform (CER) announced today the launch of the Grassroots Advisory Board (GRAB). Comprised of like-minded individuals from across the nation, GRAB founding members share a common goal to create the tools and build the support network to usher in the next generation of advocates to accelerate the pace of education reform.
D.C. Charter Schools Take Bold Stand Against Inequity
07.30.2014
In federal court Wednesday, charter school leaders in the District of Columbia took action by filing a lawsuit against the persistent underfunding of charter schools that for too long has plagued the D.C. public school system.
Tennessee Education Commissioner Takes Away Right to Virtual Education for 626 Students
07.25.2014
The Center for Education Reform strongly condemns the recent directive by the Tennessee Education Commissioner to un-enroll 626 students from the Tennessee Virtual Academy (TNVA), denying them their school choice rights.
Charter Schools Make The Most of Public Funding
07.22.2014
Charter schools are on average more cost-effective in delivering learning gains than traditional public schools, according to a new report released today by the University of Arkansas.