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Just like anything you choose to pursue in life, you are only as strong as your team of supporters. While programs with school choice programs are non-discriminatory, the inequity of the system goes deeper than simply sorting through options. The varying income levels that students come from make for a diverse but fragmented group of […] Read more »

On Wednesday September 24, 2014, I had the honor of attending the opening ceremony for the Friendship Technology Preparatory Academy. I didn’t know what to expect but I knew from the moment I was greeted with a warm smile by the security and school personnel that I was in for a real treat. It was […] Read more »

This past school year, 1,289 students, approximately 240 of whom with special needs, received an education centered around social justice, development and growth at the Walter D. Palmer Leadership Learning Partners Charter School (WDP – LLPCS) in Philadelphia, PA. As the school has been busy rebuffing district efforts to unlawfully cap the charter’s enrollment and working […] Read more »

It’s currently my first day here at CER and I have already attended a book launch event/panel discussion that honed in on the current struggles with education and markets, and peeked into the future of a more productive system. Upon arriving at the panel at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), we were given copies of Research Fellow […] Read more »

Over the past couple of years, the Common Core debate has taken up much of the space devoted to education both in the media and public life. In contributing to the far-reaching conversation, a host of policymakers, elected officials, and concerned citizens have voiced their opinions on what Common Core is, what it isn’t, and […] Read more »

During my orientation at CER, Outreach Coordinator Tyler Losey informed me that I would be doing real work that mattered for the organization. Of course, I did end up taking on some of the administrative tasks such as stuffing envelopes, labeling, and scanning documents; however, I hardly ever felt like such work was meaningless. CER’s […] Read more »

The recent legal challenges in both California and New York have brought teacher quality issues to the forefront of the American consciousness in unprecedented fashion. In California, Vergara v. California spread through the media like wildfire due to the one-two punch of Judge Rolf M. Treu’s strong ruling along with the particularly egregious teacher employment practices […] Read more »

I can’t believe how much I have gained from this experience as an intern at The Center for Education Reform (CER). I originally came into the internship with the expectation of getting informed about the charter school movement, among other things, and I had no idea that this internship would go way beyond that expectation. […] Read more »

Diane Ravitch has had it with celebrities openly discussing education policy because they don’t know anything about schools (read: express an alternate viewpoint). Ugh, how awful must it be for public figures to talk about things in a free and open society. Kudos to Ravitch for bringing this horridness to our attention. Ravitch has taken a […] Read more »

In a new analysis intended as a conversation starter about the impact of charter school laws, the Democrats for Education Reform (DFER) found little ties between the strength of a charter law according to The Center for Education Reform’s own rankings and student learning. To be fair, and as DFER points out in the conclusions section, charter […] Read more »