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May 12, 2015
This morning Maryland became the first state in the country to roll back its charter school law at a time when it should be pursuing bold and dramatic change across its public education system.
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April 29, 2015
The Center for Education Reform (CER) released the following statement on the 2014 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), also known as the Nation’s Report Card, History, Geography, and Civics scores released today.
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April 14, 2015
CER President Kara Kerwin: “Late last night, The Maryland General Assembly took a step backwards in passing a dramatically revised charter school bill, making it less likely that parents and educators will be able to create and advance innovative public school opportunities for children."
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April 1, 2015
The Maryland Senate Education, Health and Environmental Affairs Committee voted 10-1 on Tuesday in favor of a bill that will have little to no impact on ensuring the success of charter schools in the state as intended by the Governor’s original, modest proposal.
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March 31, 2015
The Center for Education Reform (CER) today released a statement in response to a proposal announced yesterday by the Coalition for the Future of Detroit School Children:
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March 26, 2015
Kara Kerwin, president of The Center for Education Reform, issued the following statement on the Maryland Senate Education Committee’s changes to Governor Larry Hogan’s Public Charter School Expansion and Improvement Act of 2015:
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March 20, 2015
Kara Kerwin, president of The Center for Education Reform, issued the following statement on potential threats facing charter schools in Pennsylvania:
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March 19, 2015
Last night, the Alabama legislature passed SB 45, which would allow the creation of up to ten charter schools and an unlimited number of charter school conversions annually.
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March 15, 2015
Of the 42 states and the District of Columbia that have charter school laws, only one-third earned above-average scores for implementing a strong policy environment according to the 16th Edition of Charter School Laws Across the States 2015: Rankings and Scorecard released today by The Center for Education Reform (CER).
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March 2, 2015
The Center for Education Reform (CER) takes issue with its data being used out of context to discredit an important body of evidence on charter schools in the United States. Review of Separating Fact & Fiction, published by the National Education Policy Center (NEPC), uses CER data to assert that “underperforming charter schools are allowed to remain open.”
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