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Charter Schools and Education Reform in Michigan (1993)

November 15, 1993.  On Wednesday, November 17, Governor John Engler will release Michigan’s education report card. For both suburbs and cities, the prognosis doesn’t look good.

Improving Education Opportunities in the District of Columbia

April 17, 1997. Jeanne Allen, President of The Center for Education Reform, testifies before the Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, Restructuring, and the District of Columbia.

Getting The Word Out: Charter Schools Do Succeed (2006)

August 21, 2006. A guide for charter school activists that has tips on educating the media, engaging lawmakers and community leaders, and informing parents.

Wisconsin Teacher Education Program Approval and Licenses (2004)

Language regarding charter school instructional staff licenses and charter school instructional staff permits.

Charter Schools: The Path of Funding

A description of how money flows to charter schools in each state with a charter school law.  List is organized by strength of charter school law.

Buckeye Institute Luncheon: Agenda (1995)

CER President Jeanne Allen is featured at one of the Issues and Ideas Luncheons hosted by the Buckeye Institute to discuss charter schools.

Charter School Forum for the D.C. Metro Area

CER presents Yvonne Chan, Principal of Vaughn Next Century Learning Center in San Fernando, California, to help Washington, D.C. residents understand what charter schools are, why charter schools are needed, and how one can open a charter school.

Charter School Developers Conference (1997)

Held at Teachers College, Columbia University from January 16-18, 1997. Explores two different sets of major underlying approaches to the development of charter schools — “Free The Teacher”, and “Build The Community”.

Guide to Charter Activity (1996)

This guide tries to provide the names and phone numbers of the key people involved in the charter school movement, and some sense of the program and the politics in each state.

This paper is distributed by the Center for Education Reform, at the request of Ted Kolderie with the Center for Policy Studies. 

Last Ten States Booklet (2007)

A myriad of data, including student achievement information, on the last ten states without charter school laws in 2007: Alabama, Kentucky, Maine, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Washington, West Virginia, and Vermont.