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The Center for Education Reform (CER) released a new poll today showing Florida voters strongly support having more school options and the creation of new charter schools in the state. Read more »

The Center for Education Reform (CER) released a new poll today showing North Carolina voters strongly support having more school options and the creation of new charter schools in the state.  Read more »

GAO’s attempt to draw conclusions about enrollment of students with special needs in charter schools was a waste of resources. The GAO report, by the agency’s own admission, fails to meet fundamental and rudimentary research standards. It is based wholly on anecdotal snapshots of a limited number of schools and states. Read more »

The only way to truly measure charter school performance is at the state level. And in study after study, where apples are measured against apples and oranges against oranges, we see charter schools consistently outperforming traditional public schools. Read more »

This week brought yet another bad proposal that will undermine the progress that charters have made in the state of Pennsylvania. Charters in Pennsylvania typically only receive 70-82% of revenue that district schools receive. Now Rep. Fleck (R-Huntingdon) wants to compound the problem with House Bill 2364 which he introduced on Monday. Read more »

Since 2008, we have been sought after for our leadership and advice about how to make your charter school law the best for all kids in the Keystone State. And yet, the only proposal that seems to be going anywhere is a proposal that would create more bureaucracy, hinder the innovation in public education that the General Assembly sought to ensure 15 years ago, and set Pennsylvania’s reform efforts back. Read more »

This week both presidential candidates turned their attention to education, signaling a new focus on education reform as a campaign issue. Read more »

Recognizing the contributions of 3-term Governor John Engler to improved academic achievement in Michigan and its ripple effect beyond, Jeanne Allen, President of the Center for Education Reform (CER), today joined leaders of the state in honoring former Governor John Engler on the campus of Central Michigan University (CMU). Read more »

The Center for Education Reform (CER) released a new poll today showing that Tennessee voters strongly support having more school options and the creation of new charter schools in the state. Read more »

Across the nation, schools, policy leaders, parents and communities are gathering to celebrate National Charter Schools Week. This public school reform has had more impact on revolutionizing public education than any other single effort in history. Read more »