June 14, 2016
Thirty-six million Americans can’t read. Low-literacy skills are directly linked to higher unemployment, less earned income and poor health. The result is a lack of social mobility and greater inequality for millions of families. On June 8, the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy convened entrepreneurs, investors, technology leaders, futurists, visionaries, policy makers, and NGO’s […]
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June 7, 2016
As you’ve probably heard, charter schools celebrated their foundational birthday this month. All the tributes remind us of an episode of This is Your Life, in which numerous people pay tribute to the icon being celebrated. So today, we join those celebrating charter schools again, because of their long history of successfully changing the paradigm […]
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May 24, 2016
A poem for charter school advocates, adapted from the famous words of Pastor Martin Niemöller: First they came for the virtual charters, and I did not speak out— Because I don’t run a virtual charter. Then they came for the single campus schools, and I did not speak out— Because I run a charter […]
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May 17, 2016
It’s official. American public schools are now the world’s largest purchaser of iPads. And we thought that award went to moms who just want to get the laundry done. In 2016, it’s no longer possible to argue that the age of digital education has yet to arrive. Walk into any classroom across the country and […]
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May 16, 2016
It’s official. American public schools are now the world’s largest purchaser of iPads. And we thought that award went to moms who just want to get the laundry done. In 2016, it’s no longer possible to argue that the age of digital education has yet to arrive. Walk into any classroom across the country […]
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May 13, 2016
Did you miss the 2016 ASU GSV Summit, which the New York Times calls the “must-attend event for education technology investors”? No worries — CER staff has you covered. Here are our top takeaways, from Brenda Hafera, Michelle Tigani, and Ted Allen. 1. Condoleezza Rice Reminds Us Why Education Is Essential Condoleezza Rice delivered a […]
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May 9, 2016
On May 5, 2016, the Jack Kemp Foundation, The Center for Education Reform, the nation’s leader in advancing parent power, and Opportunity Lives welcomed Governor McCrory, Congressman Luke Messer, state and national policymakers, education and business leaders to the Kemp Forum on Expanding Opportunity, focusing on addressing upward mobility through parent power. In case you […]
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April 27, 2016
A NATIONAL IMPERATIVE TO EXPAND EDUCATION OPPORTUNITY Commentary on the 2015 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Results Jeanne Allen, Founder & CEO, The Center for Education Reform (WASHINGTON D.C. 4.27.16) Today’s report by the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) is an urgent reminder of the crisis in U.S. education, with just 37 percent […]
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March 15, 2016
A question posed to Bernie Sanders at last night’s Ohio democratic debate was a missed opportunity to powerfully educate the public about charter schools. Typically, information is power, but when the information is bad, all we have is mush. Following is Sanders’ exchange with the questioner and Roland Martin, a well-informed media commentator with a […]
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March 10, 2016
Should the Senate Confirm U.S. Education Secretary Nominee? The Center for Education Reform continues its vigilance on school choice, particularly in Washington DC with the DC Opportunity Scholarship Program (OSP), an effort we began in 1996 and that finally culminated in success in the 2004-2005 school year. As the Senate HELP Committee voted 16-6 yesterday […]
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