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Charters Petition For Full Funding
11.23.2011
Jersey City charters sometimes receive as little as 50% of the per student costs allocated to other public school students, they claim. They’re supposed to receive 90%.
Ask Tough Questions On School Choice
11.22.2011
Removing choice also removes a school’s incentive to change and that hurts all of us. Let’s keep the law and focus on the real issue…
Lame Sub for Termination Process
11.22.2011
Proposed substitute for firing veteran teachers is equally complicated, expensive and time-consuming.
NYSUT Tries to Stack the Deck
11.22.2011
Teacher evaluation proposed by teachers union seems like a scheme for protecting teachers from being fired regardless of their performance.
Pay Raise Without Accountability?
11.21.2011
Washington Times journalist Deborah Simmons points out the incredibly flawed notion that simply raising teacher pay without accountability will magically improve schools.
Online High Schools With Elite Names
11.19.2011
More high school students are participating in online schools and earning their diplomas with prestigious names.
Policy and Professionalism: Lessons Learned From Education Reform Advocates
07.28.2014
On Tuesday, interns from various public policy organizations piled onto a 7th floor conference room where CER’s interns organized a panel discussion titled, CER Interns Present: The Next Generation in Education Reform. Preceding the panel, interns from The Center for Education Reform, the U.S. Department of Education, The Fund for America Studies, The National Alliance…
Cheating Cloud Comes Over Sunshine State
07.24.2014
Allegations of cheating on the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT) have surfaced at a St. Petersburg area elementary school, marking the first time in state history a school grade has been withheld to allow for an investigation. The state Department of Education ordered an internal probe into the matter after an unusual amount of students were…
Funding Comprehensives and Charters
07.24.2014
On July 21st, I attended an event at the American Enterprise Institute called “Comprehending Comprehensive Universities.”
A New, Innovative Way to Help Children Master Social and Emotional Learning
07.21.2014
Meet Mose. Mose is a highly functional 8 1/2 year old kid with Asperger syndrome who plays an adventure game called IF… to help him understand and manage his emotions. Brendan, Mose’s father, says, “Mose, like a lot of aspie kids, is smart enough to recognize that he doesn’t totally fit in with everybody else,…
Inequities and Challenges in Rural Education
07.10.2014
Advocates gathered on Wednesday for a Hill briefing in the Capitol Visitor Center to discuss a much-overlooked facet of education policy, rural education. The event was hosted by the Rural School and Community Trust, and focused on the release of the biennial report Why Rural Matters. Remarks were made by Congressman Glenn “G.T.” Thompson (R-PA…
Review: On the Rocketship
07.07.2014
In March 2006, John Danner submitted a charter school application to the San Jose Unified School District, which was filed accordingly by school officials without much comment or fanfare, marking the first attempt to launch what would eventually become the Rocketship charter network. This seemingly nascent moment however, doesn’t take place until pg. 54 of…
Newswire – January14, 2020
01.14.2020
In brief, what you need to know about Mrs. Robinson’s “candidate debate” tonight in Des Moines, the latest candidate positions, the upcoming US Supreme Court case and teacher ed… all in your favorite weekly report from CER – Newswire!EYE ON IOWA. The remaining Democratic candidates gather tonight in Des Moines, Iowa for the last debate before the caucuses…
Sounds Of Silence: Education In The 2020 Race
01.09.2020
Forbes | January 9, 2020By Jeanne AllenDoesn’t education deserve more than 2% of the attention?We are just days away from the next Democratic presidential debate on January 14 when the five candidates who made the most recent cut—former Vice President Joe Biden, South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg, and Senators Amy Klobuchar, Bernie Sanders, and Elizabeth Warren— will…
Newswire – January 7, 2020
01.07.2020
A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN ALL NEIGHBORHOODS. “Can Mr. Rogers nostalgia help cure today’s culture”? Erica Komisar, a psychoanalyst in New York City thinks yes, it can. “Rogers rejected the old-fashioned idea that children are to be seen and not heard. He believed adults should lead them with love and understanding, not fear and punishment.” Closely related to the potential…
Education is the Best Antidote for Ignorance
12.31.2019
“While it cannot cure everything, education is the best antidote for ignorance.”Dear Friends,I hope you’ve had time to enjoy the company of family and friends this holiday season. My heart goes out to those who are suffering in numerous ways from the tragedies that seem to beset us at every turn. I remain convinced that while it…
Don't Attack Charters Schools–Learn From Them
12.19.2019
Forbes | December 14, 2019By Jeanne AllenAs the teachers’ union-sponsored “Public Education Forum 2020,” winds down in Pittsburgh this weekend, let’s state the obvious truth: our nation’s education system is shockingly failing most students and teachers.On national, international, and local data points, most schools are failing to provide the personalization and mobile economy necessary to teach and…
#WhatAboutUs?
12.19.2019
Democratic Candidates Asked to Listen to Voices of Struggling Parents Following Them Across NationMinority parents, advocates, and school leaders demand an answer to #WhatAboutUs?As the seven leading candidates for the Democratic presidential nomination gather for the debate in Los Angeles, charter school parents, advocates, and leaders from throughout the country are calling on the debate moderators and the candidates to give education opportunity the attention…
MEMO: How many more years can we tolerate lagging test scores?
09.27.2013
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…
Education Leaders to Showcase Talents At National Education Celebration
09.09.2013
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…
Indiana Continues to Rank #1 on Parent Power Index, a National Education Report Card
09.04.2013
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.
State Education Report Card Released
09.03.2013
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).
THE NEW CER: THE CAMPAIGN FOR EDUCATION REFORM™
08.26.2013
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…
Jeanne Allen Condemns DOJ Action Against Louisiana Vouchers
08.25.2013
Jeanne Allen, founder and president, The Center for Education Reform, today issued the following statement condemning the U.S. Department of Justice for its unprecedented Saturday motion seeking to prevent Louisiana from offering school vouchers to children in certain areas of the Bayou State, beginning in the 2014-2015 school year