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August 30, 2005. CER’s new report released today identifies the major causes of under-funded charter schools, encoded in current charter and school funding law, and provides substantive solutions to bring about funding equity.

May 26, 2005. The power of education reform – from charter schools in the West to higher standards and more in the East – is yielding achievement results for children across the nation.

May 9, 2005.  In a major victory for the state’s approved charter schools, the State Board of Education ruled in favor of equal per pupil funding, stating that school systems must provide as much money to charter operators for children enrolled in charter schools as they spend on conventional public school students.

August 23, 2005.  The public displays an enormous “information gap” on various education reform efforts, a conclusion that is borne out by the results of an annual survey conducted by Phi Delta Kappa (PDK) in conjunction with the Gallup Organization.

January 25, 2005. The confirmation of this seasoned leader as a U.S. Secretary of Education signals a continued commitment to sound education policy that unites freedom and accountability in American education, says CER President Jeanne Allen.

August 30, 2007. As children across America head back to school, new evidence shows that school choice is more popular than ever before. More families are choosing charter schools and voucher programs to meet the educational needs of their children.

February 27, 2006. CER’s Raising the Bar: Charter School Law 2006 Ranking and Scorecard reveals that laws where authorizers are limited and that do not guarantee basic equity for students fail to yield as high numbers of quality charter schools as many lawmakers intended when they passed laws.

December 5, 2007. Despite making up only two percent of the nation’s public schools, charter schools made a statistically impressive showing on U.S. News & World Report’s list of America’s Best High Schools, on newsstands this week.

February 27, 2006. CER’s latest charter schools survey finds that charter schools continue to serve students under-served by the conventional public schools system: at-risk students, minority students, and low-income students. Released in tandem is the only comprehensive data available on the nation’s more than 400 closed charter schools.

September 19, 2006. Nearly 4,000 charter schools opened for the 2006-07 school year in 40 states and the District of Columbia, an 11 percent increase from the 3,600 schools open in 2005-06, according to the Center for Education Reform (CER).