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March 7, 2013 Stephanie Heishman, CER’s senior development director, was in Kansas City on Monday and had the opportunity to tour University Academy, a Kansas City K-12 college prep charter school that serves approximately 1,000 students. The mission of University Academy is to prepare students to succeed in an institution of higher education and to […] Read more »

The reality is that while school and school district bean counters most likely know for certain what money they have, what funds they might lose and how, the US Education Secretary clearly doesn't, and superintendents and school board officials aren't saying. After all, it's easier to create a problem than a solution. Read more »

March 1, 2013 First Fridays, a monthly charter school tour event sponsored by CityBridge Foundation, FOCUS and Charter Board Partners, gives people in the DC metro area a chance to see some truly amazing schools at work. Today, our VP of Research, Alison Consoletti, with 25 other choice supporters, checked out Washington Yu Ying Public […] Read more »

March 1, 2013 In a follow-up to their initial 2009 report on the Bay State, CREDO has released its latest Charter School Performance Report on Massachusetts, a six year study that analyzes the effectiveness of Massachusetts’s charter schools and in particular, their performance in the Boston area. The report was largely positive on both math and […] Read more »

February 28, 2013 It’s not surprising that Louisiana’s charter school authority expansion fell flat in its first year. Louisiana’s experience is proof that not all efforts to improve laws are created equal. Strong charter school laws do not require new groups to apply to become authorizers. It is actually a disincentive to do so. Strong […] Read more »

February 27, 2013 The Rosa Parks statue was unveiled today in Washington D.C. at the Capitol’s Statuary Hall. The statue portrays Rosa clutching her purse, reminding observers of the courageous moment when she refused to give up her seat. It is a permanent reminder of the cause she embodied and stood for — freedom. Freedom […] Read more »

February 20, 2013 The latest CREDO report looks at New York City charter school achievement and finds generally positive results. CREDO research on other cities and states, like the Michigan report released in January, has generally yielded positive results. But perhaps more interesting is the fact that NYC CREDO findings are in line with work […] Read more »

February 19, 2013 Apparently, all of the poor parents I’ve met all these years are actually stupid. I didn’t know this until I read yet another review of how people actually get into charter schools. You probably didn’t know this but there’s a bunch of really smart poor folk who know that there are charter […] Read more »

In light of this week’s State of the Union and a renewed focus on how to fix our educational deficiencies, it’s time for us all to engage in a little history lesson. This spring will mark 30 years since A Nation at Risk was issued. Read more »

February 14, 2013 It’s Valetine’s Day and the team at CER is loved. But truthfully, we “Heart” education reform pioneers Barnett and Shirley Helzberg for starting Kansas City’s University Academy, teaching us all a lesson or two by authoring, “What I Learned Before I Sold to Warren Buffett,” and always reminding us that our mission […] Read more »