December 18, 2012
Government is biased against commercial school operators, despite often better results.
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December 12, 2012
NEW Letter to Friends of The Center for Education Reform
No. 104
December 2012
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December 11, 2012
The battle over new legislation to make it easier to create charter schools in Mississippi may be rejoined next year. For the future of the state's children, legislators should allow charters.
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November 19, 2012
Even when reform passes, teachers unions engage in massive resistance.
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November 13, 2012
I am writing you this morning to caution the Los Angeles Unified School Board on a measure that would set the city back over a decade in progress. The Resolution before you today, “Updating Charter Authorizing and Oversight,” proposed by Mr. Zimmer, lacks sound policy and would severely hurt a large population of students in the Los Angeles Unified School District.
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November 13, 2012
The question of the week seems to be, how can the GOP appeal to a wider variety of Americans? Here’s an idea: They can boast more about their leadership on education reform.
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November 5, 2012
If you're wondering what Tuesday's results might mean for education reform, here are some races to look out for:
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November 1, 2012
Jeanne Allen reflects on what Education Secretary Arne Duncan has and hasn't done for U.S. education reform.
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November 1, 2012
This short, simple statement from Gov. Mitt Romney in an October 24 speech in Nevada sums up the real distinction between education reformers and protectors of the status quo, and reveals why when it comes to education policy, Romney would be a superior president - because he promised to put children, parents and teachers first, and to “put the teachers' unions behind."
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October 24, 2012
But poverty cannot be used as an excuse for bad teaching or our failure to better educate children who live in poverty. To me, this line of thinking is ridiculous. All kids can learn. But all kids cannot learn in the same way. It is incumbent upon us to meet these kids where they are and utilize the approach that best serves them, including offering more quality options for them.
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