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June 5, 2012
Since 2008, we have been sought after for our leadership and advice about how to make your charter school law the best for all kids in the Keystone State. And yet, the only proposal that seems to be going anywhere is a proposal that would create more bureaucracy, hinder the innovation in public education that the General Assembly sought to ensure 15 years ago, and set Pennsylvania’s reform efforts back.
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May 23, 2012
This week both presidential candidates turned their attention to education, signaling a new focus on education reform as a campaign issue.
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May 21, 2012
Recognizing the contributions of 3-term Governor John Engler to improved academic achievement in Michigan and its ripple effect beyond, Jeanne Allen, President of the Center for Education Reform (CER), today joined leaders of the state in honoring former Governor John Engler on the campus of Central Michigan University (CMU).
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May 15, 2012
The Center for Education Reform (CER) released a new poll today showing that Tennessee voters strongly support having more school options and the creation of new charter schools in the state.
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May 7, 2012
Across the nation, schools, policy leaders, parents and communities are gathering to celebrate National Charter Schools Week. This public school reform has had more impact on revolutionizing public education than any other single effort in history.
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May 3, 2012
Jeanne Allen, founder and president of the Center for Education Reform, today made the following statement in response to Georgia Governor Nathan Deal’s signing of pro-charter school bill.
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April 27, 2012
Jeanne Allen, Founder and President of the Center for Education Reform, today delivered the keynote address to the North Carolina Public Charter Schools Association.
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April 2, 2012
The wide variations in charter school laws state by state average out to a grade in need of improvement, according to The Essential Guide to Charter School Law by the Center for Education Reform.
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March 2, 2012
Center for Education Reform President Jeanne Allen offers ways the hosts of Morning Joe can ask their Town Hall guests questions that will tease out real education reforms from empty promises.
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