February 14, 2013
In light of this week’s State of the Union and a renewed focus on how to fix our educational deficiencies, it’s time for us all to engage in a little history lesson. This spring will mark 30 years since A Nation at Risk was issued.
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February 12, 2013
February 12, 2013 To the Editor: Regarding “More Lessons About Charter Schools” (Feb. 1), the conclusions of the report covered in the editorial are based on misguided methodology criticized by well-regarded researchers, at the heart of which are comparisons of school performance across states, which have uneven and varying definitions and levels of standards and […]
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February 12, 2013
Tonight, President Obama will give the first State of the Union address of his second term in office, an opportunity for the president to raise issues critical to improving our nation’s schools, one of the most important domestic policy opportunities of our time.
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February 11, 2013
LETTER TO FRIENDS OF THE CENTER FOR EDUCATION REFORM NO. 105 February 2013 Download or print your PDF copy of A Nation at Risk, A Movement Ahead: The Future of CER
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February 8, 2013
To ask the question about closing schools, as if this were a movement based on reason and fact, is an affront to the seriousness of the issue. From Arne Duncan to Howard Fuller to this writer and millions in between there is near universal agreement that no child should be forced to attend a failing school for even an hour, let alone a day or a year.
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February 5, 2013
Here's what's divisive and unsuccessful: having no way to force change at your child's failing public school. Thanks to California's Parent Trigger law, parents now have power to force change.
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February 1, 2013
The DC Opportunity Scholarship Program is not just good policy but smart budgeting.
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January 29, 2013
America’s education system is floundering, and expanding funding incentives for other educational environments can help
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January 3, 2013
Re: "Insiders benefiting in charter deals" and "Critics say state is lax on charter purchasing practices," by Ann Ryman (Nov. 18, The Arizona Republic).
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January 2, 2013
Among many traditions as we close one year and begin a new one are lists of what is "in" and "out." At the end of 2012, compromise was definitely "in."
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