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North Valley Academy's patriotism emphasis is a first for Idaho, but a number of charter schools nationally focus on similar concepts, said Jeanne Allen, president of the Center for Education Reform, a Washington, D.C.-based school choice advocate. Read more »

"The mayor's candid disdain for the current teacher union contracts is attractive to most reformers, and they equate tough talk with tough action," said Jeanne Allen, president of the Washington, D.C.-based Center for Education Reform. Read more »

Twenty-eight DC charter schools have closed, a failure rate of 35 percent. That’s more than twice the national rate of 15 percent, according to the Center for Education Reform, a charter research and advocacy group. Read more »

National charter school and education reform advocates rate Wyoming's charter school law as among the worst in the nation because they say the law makes it difficult to open a charter school. The Center for Education Reform recently gave Wyoming a "D'' grade in charter school law. Read more »

The Center for Education Reform president Jeanne Allen on which states support and hinder the expansion of charter schools. Read more »

The Center for Education Reform, a pro-voucher, pro-charter school organization in Washington, D.C., recently graded the state a B and ranked it eighth highest in the nation for its laws that govern the creation and operation of charter schools. Read more »

The Center for Education Reform report gave New Jersey’s charter school law a “C” as the state slipped from 19th to 24th among the 41 states, as well as the District of Columbia, with charter school laws. Read more »