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April 22, 2013 Postcards from the Past  A new, occasional blog post by CER President Jeanne Allen in commemoration of CER’s 20th Anniversary in business and the historical events that have taken place during our history. Ohio, 1994 So many people start a sentence with “it seems like yesterday,” but you know, that phrase has […] Read more »

April 17, 2013 Just hours ago, Governor Phil Bryant signed the Mississippi Charter Schools Act of 2013 into law.  When this legislation was first headed to the governor’s desk, the Center for Education Reform acknowledged this as a step forward for Mississippi, but emphasized that this legislation is not as bold or aggressive as the […] Read more »

As news of the Boston Marathon explosions dominate social media, television, and people’s thoughts and concerns, children across the nation are likely to have questions and concerns of their own. These resources offer suggestions and tips for providing reassurance and guidance to children when talking to them about tragedy: –Talking with Kids about News from […] Read more »

Pennsylvania State Rep. James Roebuck (D-Philadelphia) is not an honest broker. With more than $50,000 in contributions each year from the city’s teachers unions, the public should know that the reform bill he is backing for charter schools is about destroying, not reforming; about raising up the status quo, not real reform of our schools. […] Read more »

March 7, 2013 Stephanie Heishman, CER’s senior development director, was in Kansas City on Monday and had the opportunity to tour University Academy, a Kansas City K-12 college prep charter school that serves approximately 1,000 students. The mission of University Academy is to prepare students to succeed in an institution of higher education and to […] Read more »

March 1, 2013 First Fridays, a monthly charter school tour event sponsored by CityBridge Foundation, FOCUS and Charter Board Partners, gives people in the DC metro area a chance to see some truly amazing schools at work. Today, our VP of Research, Alison Consoletti, with 25 other choice supporters, checked out Washington Yu Ying Public […] Read more »

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 […] Read more »

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 […] Read more »

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 […] Read more »

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 […] Read more »