December, 2002. No. 76. We start with a look at the year in review and the impediments that still stand in our way.
Monthly Letter to Friends: December 2002
Monthly Letter to Friends: June 2002
June, 2002. No. 74. Now it’s time to sum up all that’s transpired since we last addressed you, and as you’re bound to learn from your experience with us this month, there is no dearth of effort – or controversy – in reforming America’s schools today.
Monthly Letter to Friends: Feb-March 2002
Feb-March 2002. No. 73. The scene at the U.S. Supreme Court on February 20 was exhilarating. _In front of the Court, several hundred parents and reformers talked, sang and shouted in favor of school choice, the educational reform that brought them to the Court that day.
Monthly Letter to Friends: Holiday 2001
Holiday, 2001. No. 72. Do charter schools yield benefits for kids? Are other school choice programs – like vouchers – helping the worst off get better? Is the standards movement driving change? And what is happening with Philadelphia? Even though it’s Christmas time, there are many things to ponder, to learn and to push forward.
Monthly Letter to Friends: October 2001
October, 2001. No. 71. Never before has the quest for a high-achieving, standards-filled principle–laden education system been more important. How to get all those adjectives in our schools is addressed in our “Cover story” for this month’s missive to you.
Monthly Letter to Friends: Back to School 2001
Back to School, 2001. No. 70. This month, a look at the reality, and a plea to abandon the complacency so many want us to have.
Monthly Letter to Friends: Summer 2001
Summer, 2001. No. 69. Far from the hiatus of old that summer used to represent, this month education reformers have been continuing their fast and furious pace. Herewith is our traditional mid–summer communication.
Monthly Letter to Friends: May 2001
May, 2001. No. 68. We get back to the broad business this month of introducing you to the latest ideas, action and thinking behind education reform in the U.S.
Monthly Letter to Friends: Feb-March 2001
Feb-March 2001. No. 67. We start this time with a look in our backyard to the unveiling of the new president’s education proposals, the responses recorded so far and what, if anything, it all means for our local schools and parents who need help.
Monthly Letter to Friends: December 2000 – January 2001
December 2000 – January 2001. No. 66. Whether in attendance at meetings, organizing conferences, growing and nurturing the “troops” through materials or technical assistance or engaging the media, CER is proud to note the following accomplishments.