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A Pretty Good Sales Pitch For MA Charter Schools
03.01.2013
March 1, 2013 In a follow-up to their initial 2009 report on the Bay State, CREDO has released its latest Charter School Performance Report on Massachusetts, a six year study that analyzes the effectiveness of Massachusetts’s charter schools and in particular, their performance in the Boston area. The report was largely positive on both math and…
Why Truly Independent and Multiple Authorizers Are Important
02.28.2013
February 28, 2013 It’s not surprising that Louisiana’s charter school authority expansion fell flat in its first year. Louisiana’s experience is proof that not all efforts to improve laws are created equal. Strong charter school laws do not require new groups to apply to become authorizers. It is actually a disincentive to do so. Strong…
Honoring Rosa Parks: Supporter of Freedom for Families Choosing Schools
02.27.2013
February 27, 2013 The Rosa Parks statue was unveiled today in Washington D.C. at the Capitol’s Statuary Hall. The statue portrays Rosa clutching her purse, reminding observers of the courageous moment when she refused to give up her seat. It is a permanent reminder of the cause she embodied and stood for — freedom. Freedom…
NYC Charter Achievement Positive Across Multiple Studies
02.20.2013
February 20, 2013 The latest CREDO report looks at New York City charter school achievement and finds generally positive results. CREDO research on other cities and states, like the Michigan report released in January, has generally yielded positive results. But perhaps more interesting is the fact that NYC CREDO findings are in line with work…
Don’t Call Me Stupid! Underestimating Parental Choice
02.19.2013
February 19, 2013 Apparently, all of the poor parents I’ve met all these years are actually stupid. I didn’t know this until I read yet another review of how people actually get into charter schools. You probably didn’t know this but there’s a bunch of really smart poor folk who know that there are charter…
Love For Education Reformers on Valentine's Day
02.14.2013
February 14, 2013 It’s Valetine’s Day and the team at CER is loved. But truthfully, we “Heart” education reform pioneers Barnett and Shirley Helzberg for starting Kansas City’s University Academy, teaching us all a lesson or two by authoring, “What I Learned Before I Sold to Warren Buffett,” and always reminding us that our mission…
Newswire – July 31, 2018
07.31.2018
A PERSONALIZED FUTURE. An overview of the Summit Learning Program and four schools that have adopted the approach provides a glimpse into a future of education that could be closer than many think. An excerpt: “Twenty percent of the school day is devoted to what Summit calls Personalized Learning Time, or what students more commonly…
Newswire – July 24, 2018
07.24.2018
JUST THE FACTS…OR NOT. A NY Times op-ed, “A Plea for a Fact-Based Debate About Charter Schools,” would appear to make a compelling case for reasoned discussion on charter schools but there are some glaring holes in the piece that make it less reasonable than it seems. For example, there is no mention of the…
Newswire – July 17, 2018
07.17.2018
POLITICS AS USUAL. As if on cue to lend credence to the wisdom of the Supreme Court’s Janus v. AFSCME decision (which frees individuals from being forced to fund unions they don’t support) last week’s AFT annual meeting more closely resembled the quadrennial national party conventions than a gathering of teachers devoted to education and…
Newswire – July 10, 2018
07.10.2018
A NEW HOPE FOR RELIGIOUS SCHOOLS’ FREEDOM? The President’s nominee to fill the vacancy that Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy will create is Brett Kavanaugh, whose long history of rulings and opinions on education issues may allow for progress and real change for religious schools and school equity: Does A Justice Kavanaugh Mean That Blaine…
ASU and GSV Partner with CER on The Road to Innovation for ONE America
07.05.2018
(Washington, DC – July 3, 2018) — The leaders in multi-national education innovation today announced a pathbreaking partnership with CER on the occasion of its 25th Anniversary Summit and Gala Awards ceremony. Arizona State University (ASU) and Global Silicon Valley (GSV) will bring their breakthrough 10 years of coordinated leadership and entrepreneurial engagement to…
Newswire – July 3, 2018
07.03.2018
As we all prepare to enjoy our nation’s annual birthday celebration, we hope you’ll take a few moments between the cookouts, ballgames, parades, and fireworks to truly consider what Independence Day means to us collectively, as a nation, and individually as citizens. Collectively it defines us as a country; it symbolizes our role as a leading…