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Justice Gets Spanked, Missouri Urban Schools Fail Again, and The Ohio Empire Strikes Back (1999)

October 15, 1999. Congress tells Justice Department it has no right to interfere in the private choices of Louisiana families, St. Louis and Kansas City, Missouri school systems lose accreditation, and special interest groups in Ohio protest charter schools. Also, Wyoming Principal of the Year Norm Carrell was recognized as one of fifty National Distinguished Principals.

D.C. Parents One Step Closer to Choice (2003)

July 10, 2003. Institute for Justice Hails House Committee Vote That Puts D.C. Parents One Step Closer to Choice

Wyoming 2008 Efforts

An overview of the effort to create an independent charter school authorizes in Wyoming.

Wyoming Timeline of Activities (2009)

April 2, 2009. The Center for Education Reform has long looked at Wyoming as a state to watch and help cultivate its charter school movement.

Wyoming Draft Legislation (2009)

Representative Amy Edmonds sent CER several bills that will be introduced in Wyoming as a strategy to ensure some positive legislation will be passed to improve the existing charter school law.

Notable Quotables from Hearing on DC School Choice

Quotes from Mayor Williams, Virginia Walden Ford (DC parent), and Counciimember Kevin Chavous, and more.

Vote Results for DC Opportunity Scholarship Program (2003)

Final Vote Results for Roll Call 478  (H R 2765 )

DC Parental Choice Incentive Act of 2003

This bill aims to give parents of students who attend failing schools expanded opportunities for enrolling their children in higher-performing schools in Washington, D.C.

Camden New Jersey Informational Meeting (2006)

July 6, 2006.  In partnership with Excellent Education for Everyone (E3), CER hosts a meeting in Camden to let New Jersey parents now how they can get new public schools in their community.

Join the Celebration for American Education Week

A notice to all charter school leaders providing ideas and tips for celebrating American Education Week, a celebration of public education that typically forgets about charter schools.