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“I can’t believe it went by so fast.” Isn’t that what every college student says when they wrap up a new experience like a semester-long internship? In my last few days living in Washington, DC I actually feel that I am living and breathing these words. As I sit down to write this post I […] Read more »

In 1999, a coalition of anti-reformers, including teacher unions, was temporarily successful in obtaining an injunction against Cleveland, Ohio’s opportunity scholarship program. At the time, the injunction unnecessarily caused uncertainty for approximately 3,800 low-income students and their families slated to benefit from having choices. But they failed in the end, and Cleveland along with the […] Read more »

By: Allysa Turner Ingenuity Prep Public Charter School in DC opened its doors for the first time in August to 107 kids in grades PreK3-K. Out of all of the charter school visits I’ve done while being with CER, this one stood out to me in a way that the others did not. I have […] Read more »

Postcards from the Past  A new, occasional blog post in commemoration of CER’s 20 years in business and the historical events that have taken place during our history and the history of the education reform movement. In 1996, CER created the first-ever national charter school directory,  an invaluable resource that continues to provide up-to-date information […] Read more »

by Jeanne Allen National Journal December 3, 2013 Adjunct professors do indeed make higher education solvent, and are an important pipeline for schools and students. On one hand, “it” is a model for K-12, where rather than having only full-time teachers a more fluid, flexible human capital pipeline should include people whose lives might need […] Read more »

CER Press Release Washington, DC December 3, 2013 Kara Kerwin, president of The Center for Education Reform, released the following statement on the 2012 Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA): “The United States’ dismal scores on the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) was once again expected due to the inability of lawmakers at all […] Read more »

This week, we will learn the 2012 results of the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), taken by 15 year-old students from all over the world. If 2009 is any judge, no one really expects the United States to catapult to the top of the list of participating countries, but 2012 results are guaranteed to […] Read more »

Earlier this week I had the opportunity to visit an exceptional school with exceptional students. Excel Academy is the first all-girls charter school in DC, opening its doors in 2008 by a tenacious CEO and founder by the name of Kaye Savage. I was lucky enough to sit down with Savage and hear her reasoning […] Read more »

Congratulations to the brilliant Caroline Hoxby of Stanford University, who this week received praise from Smithsonian Magazine for her indispensable research in making college more accessible to underserved students. Hoxby’s intensive, nationwide project compiled and cross-referenced data in an effort to find the high-performing students who for a multitude of reasons, probably would not even have […] Read more »

California students posted the biggest gains on a national standardized test last year, placing the state in the unfamiliar position of being the best rather than among the worst when it comes to anything related to education. Students here topped those in the 49 other states with a seven-point gain in eighth-grade reading, according to results […] Read more »