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How Should Schools Reopen?

August 29, 2020
This afternoon, President Trump announced a "kids first" approach to reopening school.s In response, Jeanne Allen, the founder and chief executive of the Center for Education Reform, issued the following statement Read more »

FoxNews: Cuomo says New York schools can reopen as teachers unions fight against reopening efforts

August 29, 2020
Jeanne Allen tells Griff Jenkins on FoxNews Saturday, “If ever there was a cry for personalized learning, it’s now." Read more »

Journal Editorial Report: Teachers unions, progressive groups want demands met on housing, standardized testing before schools reopen

August 29, 2020
Teachers unions, progressive groups want demands met on housing, standardized testing before schools reopen Read more »

Sometimes It’s Okay to Be Divisive

August 26, 2020
First, let’s review what the leaders of these unions have recently demanded before they allow their members to go back to... Read more »

Back To School 2020: Will Parents Take Over Schooling?

August 20, 2020
Systems should be consulting parents about what they want and for their ideas, working to ensure that they have the resources they need to keep education moving in their home or neighborhood. Read more »

Fox & Friends: Political extortion? Teachers issue demands before returning to the classroom

August 5, 2020
CER Founder & CEO Jeanne Allen appeared on Fox & Friends for a segment on: Educators from across the country take part in a National Day of Resistance to demand police-free schools, canceling rents and mortgages, Wall Street funds for reopening and more. Read more »

URGENT ED POLICY CHANGES NEEDED

August 4, 2020
School districts continue to struggle with critical decisions, union threats about national strikes, and parents are taking their children’s education into their own hands like never before. Read more »

School-Opening Extortion

August 3, 2020
Teachers unions are using Covid-19 as a political weapon. Read more »

Why Saving Catholic Schools From Covid’s Impact Is A National Imperative

July 31, 2020
“Go and set the world on fire.” Those simple words from St. Ignatius of Loyola, whose feast day is today, colored all of his works, most notably the establishment of the Jesuits, among whose leading contributions is Catholic education. Read more »

Unions attacking school reopenings are only endangering students

July 31, 2020
As school systems are struggling to manage the myriad challenges of reopening, the American Federation of Teachers Union President Randi Weingarten announced that her union had approved teacher strikes as a “last resort” to protest school reopening plans that do not meet its laundry list of demands and safety standards. Read more »