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May 28, 2003. Last year, the Pennsylvania district contracted with several management groups to revitalize Philadelphia’s poorest performing schools. Less than a year later, newly employed schools chief Paul Vallas wants to change the terms of the deal, threatening to scuttle reforms and further destabilize the schools.

April 18, 2003.  The Center for Education Reform (CER) announced today that eight Congressional leaders have agreed to serve as honorary-co-chairs of the Congressional Salute to Charter Schools in conjunction with the fourth annual National Charter Schools Week.

April 18, 2003.  The Center for Education Reform has joined an amicus (friend of the Court) brief submitted to the US Supreme Court by the Institute for Justice (IJ) concerning educational options.

The brief requests the High Court accept a case challenging the constitutionality of the Blaine Amendment, a provision in Washington state law, that allows for discrimination against use of public funds at schools that are religiously affiliated.

April 7, 2003.  A report released by Policy Analysis for California Education  (PACE) offers a distorted view of charter schools. The report takes a narrow look at national statistical data on money, race and teacher credentials and uses it to argue that charters may reinforce the achievement gap.

April 1, 2003.  To facilitate more grassroots-level communication with policymakers at the local, state and national levels, CER today announced a new internet-based initiative to give people more direct access to their elected officials on matters related to education reform initiatives proposed at any given time.

March 25, 2003.  As of today, both houses of the Maryland General Assembly have approved legislation that would give Maryland a charter school law, but unfortunately, would prevent any significant number of real quality choices in education being offered to children or to teachers seeking new opportunities.

January 21, 2003.  The 2003 National Charter School Directory profiles the 2,695 charter schools that are operating for the 2002-2003 school year, serving 684,495 students in 36 states and Washington, D.C.

January 14, 2003.  The Center for Education Reform (CER) today released its semi-annual ranking and profile of the Nation’s 40 charter school laws, which will be useful to new policy makers seeking to enact or modify laws.

August 24, 2004.  A poll released today by Phi Delta Kappa (PDK)/Gallup on America’s views on education is the latest in the organization’s annual tradition of using misleading questions to skew the public’s view of school choice.

August 17, 2004.  Charter schools are helping thousands of low-income and challenged students across the country succeed, despite headlines that appeared in newspapers across the country this morning.

The New York Times caused a flurry of media activity when it used a single sample from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) to inaccurately portray charter performance (NAEP tested less than 1 percent of charter students in 7 states).