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Austin White: The Value of Hands On Learning
08.15.2013
After taking my final morning commute, I sat down at my computer one last time with the daunting task of putting words to my DC experience. This morning’s rare but refreshing cool breeze was a faint reminder of home, almost as if it intended to make today’s finality more vivid. The California sun was soon…
Austin White: Meeting With Congresswoman Capps
08.09.2013
This week I had the pleasure of sitting down with my home district’s Congresswoman, Lois Capps, in my first ever encounter with a federal politician. I was prepared to be rushed in and out of her office just to shake her hand and get a quick picture taken, knowing the endless demand and limited supply…
Macon Richardson: Classroom Thought Meets Real World Experience
08.06.2013
I shoved my annotated, well-used copy of Pedagogy of the Oppressed into my book bag as class ended and I approached my professor, Dr. Carrillo. I told Dr. Carrillo, an education professor, that I had finalized my summer plans: I would be interning with The Center for Education Reform in Washington, DC. I joked that…
Callie Wendell: The DC Experience
08.01.2013
CER Intern Callie Wendell looks back on her experience as an intern in Washington, DC, recalling what she has learned about education policy, and how it will affect her future endeavors.
Tyler Losey: Can you be for-profit and for students?
07.30.2013
Last Wednesday the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) had a Google hangout discussion with leaders in the for-profit education field, in which they discussed the central question of “can you be for-profit and for students?” It was an interesting question, to say the least, and AEI scholar Frederick Hess and Michael Horn of the Clayton Christensen…
Tyler Losey: Ignorance About the Charter School Movement, School Choice and Education Policy
07.24.2013
“What are you doing this summer in DC?” I reply, of course, that I am working at a long-standing pioneer organization in the education reform movement. More often than not the answer is met with a blank stare of confusion. “Well it’s an advocacy group that has been around for twenty years that provides information,…
Newswire – February 20, 2019
02.20.2019
MORE BI-PARTISAN SUPPORT FOR CHOICE. In a major “get” for ed opportunity supporters, New Jersey Senator and presumptive Democrat Presidential candidate Cory Booker signed on to Senate Bill 213 that re-authorizes the District of Columbia’s Opportunity Scholarship program. The Opportunity Scholarships are the only federally funded program that helps low-income children pay for private school…
Teachers' strikes a blow against good schools
02.18.2019
The Las Vegas Review-Journal ran a piece about how Nevada’s Clark County School District had created a new marketing position to sell the district’s schools to parents and slow the exodus of student to charter schools.
Newswire – February 12, 2019
02.12.2019
WEST VIRGINIA’S FAILURE & FOLLY. Just a week ago, an omnibus education package came out of the WV Senate, providing a first ever comprehensive strategy for ensuring we educate children and students of all ages, no matter what it takes. The package included education savings accounts to help parents with special needs children and kids…
Center for Education Reform responds to State of the Union Address
02.05.2019
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 5, 2019 Statement from Jeanne Allen, Founder & CEO of the Center for Education Reform (CER): “It’s a significant milestone when a president singles out a major education issue in the State of the Union address. Every year we wait in anticipation for the potential to bring much needed national attention to…
Newswire – February 5, 2019
02.05.2019
WHAT WE’D LIKE TO HEAR IN THE SOTU (and the response!). We promise – no more acronyms. But as we have every year that a president offers his thoughts on the state of the union, we offer what edreformers believe would make this year’s address a real stand out for those who care about whether…
Newswire – January 29, 2019
01.29.2019
CAPPING OPPORTUNITY? Today in Los Angeles, thousands of charter school parents will rally to protest the union-backed ban on charter schools. As a condition of ending the teachers strike, the School Board agreed last week to a public vote banning charter schools, as if they are some plague on society that need to be terminated.…
Virtual Reasoning Lacks Charter School Realities
06.15.2009
Historic Victory for School Choice and Children
06.22.2002
Statement By Center For Education Reform President Jeanne Allen On Supreme Court Ruling Supporting School Choice For Cleveland Children
Monthly Letter to Friends of The Center for Education Reform No. 1
11.03.1993
Monthly Letter to Friends of The Center for Education Reform No. 1 NOVEMBER 3, 1993 Dear Friend: The purpose of this letter, which will be a regular feature of the Center, is to share with a small group of people our insights into current reform efforts, hot-spots of activity, and other important facts. I have…