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CER: After Wrongful Attack on Charter Schools, Elizabeth Warren Should Skip Teachers’ Strike
10.22.2019
Presidential candidate condemned by advocates for student-centered education for joining reckless teachers’ strike, threatening future-saving schools WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Center for Education Reform (CER) issued the following statement today by CER president and founder Jeanne Allen regarding today’s scheduled visit by U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), a candidate for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, to the Chicago Teachers…
Union Strikes Again
10.09.2019
CER IN THE NEWSOctober 3, 2019Read what we think of the actions by the Chicago Teachers Union, which is preparing once again to pull teachers out of classrooms and put kids on the street. From today’s Chicago Tribune.
Increased Assault on DC Charters
09.11.2019
NEWS ALERTTO: PEOPLE WHO CHERISH DC’s KIDS FROM: CERIncreased Assault on DC ChartersWhen forums are framed in deliberately misleading language, we know the intent isn’t public information but harmful actions. That’s why I’m writing to you right now, to bring to your attention that in the District, anti-charter forces are organizing community forums, clad in…
CER Praises Trump/DeVos School Choice Action Meeting
06.14.2019
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 14, 2019CONTACT: Alexandra [email protected](703) 966-0831Washington, D.C. — Jeanne Allen, the founder and CEO of the Center for Education Reform (CER), issued the following statement:”With education being the key to a healthy economy and bright future for all Americans, the involvement of our highest leaders is critical. So on this Friday afternoon it’s great…
CER Reacts to the New Bedford Charter Expansion Failure
06.04.2019
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 4, 2019CONTACT: Alexandra [email protected](703) 966-0831Washington, D.C. — Jeanne Allen, the founder and CEO of the Center for Education Reform (CER), issued the following statement:”We and our colleagues around the country have watched with great interest as the Mayor and parents of New Bedford, Massachusetts sought to create a new innovative partnership that would…
Bernie Sanders Attacks Charters!
05.18.2019
Dear Charter School Friends,What a crazy thing – the Friday of National Charter Schools Week, presidential candidate Bernie Sanders says that as president he will put an end to charter schools.As my mother would have said, “the nerve!”Sanders’ comments – yelling about transparency (which of course exists) or regulation (which charters have plenty of!) and…
Why A Teacher Isn’t A Natural For Education SecretaryGreat Education Should Have No Enemies – Charter Schools In The 2020 Election
11.20.2020
The Latest Obstacles to Reopening Schools
With Malice Towards None
11.10.2020
With Malice Toward None: The Role Of Civics Education In The 2020 Election Amidst the battles still raging across the nation in the aftermath of the elections, the historic words enunciated by President Lincoln in his second inaugural address in 1865 seem most apropos. “With malice toward none; with charity for all; With firmness in…
Great Education Should Have No Enemies – Charter Schools In The 2020 Election
10.31.2020
The Latest Obstacles to Reopening Schools
National Achievement And COVID Education Inequities Demand A New Model Of Schooling
10.29.2020
Policy changes continue to ignore the fact that parents and families have been put in the drivers’ seat and instead focus on funding public schools that are empty, rather than homes that have become the defacto school for most.
Covid and the Catholic Schools
10.28.2020
Rather than innovate, de Blasio plans to extricate himself from Covid’s challenges.
Fall 2020 | Occasional Letter to Friends
10.26.2020
View Full Letter Here Dear Friends: If you’re reading this Occasional Letter to Friends, thank you! This fall has been an incredibly busy time, with multiple initiatives to continue the fight for advancing innovation, freedom, and flexibility for all learners, regardless of zip code—all while we’ve endured Covid’s impact on families, schools, and our world…
Trends Show Large Gains for African Americans at Charters
03.19.2023
Charter Schools Positively Impact Graduation Rates
03.19.2023
During COVID, Charter-School Networks Outperformed Traditional Public Schools
03.19.2023
Charters are Proven to Obtain and Retain High-Performing Teachers
03.19.2023
Charter Schools Offer More Representative Instruction than Traditional Schools
03.19.2023
Charter Schools are More Cost-Effective than Traditional Schools
03.19.2023
Semi-Finalists Announced in $1 Million Prize for Education Transformers
11.08.2021
Twenty education innovators hailed for delivering for students during Covid-19 and offering a new vision for the future of K-12 instruction
STATEMENT FROM FOUNDER & CEO JEANNE ALLEN ON THE PRESIDENT’S NEW PANDEMIC PLAN
09.10.2021
To make further funds available to schools without consideration for their success or ability to deliver education when kids most needed it, is misguided.
STATES MAKE STRIDES TO INCREASE CHARTER SCHOOL OPPORTUNITIES, DESPITE OPPOSITION EFFORTS
06.28.2021
More laws expanded and improved in the last six months than previous six years. Florida jumps to top of National Charter Law Rankings.
States Rise in Education Index
05.27.2021
District’s hostility to charter opportunities is inequitable and unjust
PHILADELPHIA CHARTER SCHOOLS ASKED TO SURRENDER RIGHTS
05.27.2021
District’s hostility to charter opportunities is inequitable and unjust
Biden First Annual Joint Address to Congress
04.28.2021
An Unprecedented Expansion of the Federal Role in Education Is Unwarranted