March 2, 2020
Forbes | March 2, 2020By Jeanne Allen Parents v Candidates in Election 2020 With American education in a state of mediocrity or worse in many of the nation’s most volatile communities, the absence of a substantive debate on education issues on the national political stage is shocking. Sure, promises of universal healthcare and free college […]
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January 29, 2020
THE PERFECT READ FOR SCHOOL CHOICE WEEK Hot off the presses – and we do mean hot as it was published only days ago – comes an important and seminal read, An Unfinished Journey; Education & The American Dream, by CER’s Founder and CEO Jeanne Allen. Inspired by love of country, her Italian heritage, and this […]
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January 22, 2020
Special CER News Alert: Today's Coverage of Espinoza V. Montana Dept of Revenue
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January 21, 2020
CER IN THE NEWS January 21, 2020 Friends, We are one day away from the most significant Supreme Court case involving education in over 60 years – Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue. As we all continue to work hard to spread lead plaintiff Kendra Espinoza’s important story, we are sharing a new piece co-written […]
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January 9, 2020
Forbes | January 9, 2020By Jeanne Allen Doesn’t education deserve more than 2% of the attention? We are just days away from the next Democratic presidential debate on January 14 when the five candidates who made the most recent cut—former Vice President Joe Biden, South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg, and Senators Amy Klobuchar, Bernie Sanders, and […]
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December 19, 2019
Forbes | December 14, 2019By Jeanne Allen As the teachers’ union-sponsored “Public Education Forum 2020,” winds down in Pittsburgh this weekend, let’s state the obvious truth: our nation’s education system is shockingly failing most students and teachers. On national, international, and local data points, most schools are failing to provide the personalization and mobile economy necessary to […]
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October 9, 2019
By Jeanne Allen Across the country, states are implementing laws to address what has become reported as an international epidemic — shortages of teachers not just in the US but in almost every country. Not only are fewer people with state-required credentials not available to teach, but surveys suggest almost half are considering leaving the […]
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October 9, 2019
Dear Friends: The Chicago Teachers Union is getting ready – it would appear with glee – at the prospect of another teacher strike. A series of deliberate attempts to disrupt education planned by the AFT, you’ll recall that they walked out on thousands of kids for days at Chicago International Charter School, where they’d taken over […]
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October 9, 2019
CER IN THE NEWSOctober 3, 2019 Read what we think of the actions by the Chicago Teachers Union, which is preparing once again to pull teachers out of classrooms and put kids on the street. From today’s Chicago Tribune.
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August 16, 2019
View full letter here Dear Friends, If you’re reading this Occasional Letter, thank you! While we inundate those tens of thousands of people who’ve joined our cause these many years with electronic notes, newswires, tweets, and more, we know it’s hard to keep up with all incoming stuff one gets. More importantly, we know paper […]
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