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April 27, 2001.  On Tuesday, May 1^st, members of Congress and their staffs will board a school bus to tour two District of Columbia charters, Cesar Chavez and Community Academy, to highlight the unique and lasting contributions of charter schools on the national education scene during National Charter Schools Week.

April 25, 2001. Marking the Tenth Anniversary of charter schools, the Second Annual National Charter Schools Week begins Monday through Friday, April 30-May 4, and will be observed by thousands of commemorative events and celebrations in most states.

April 19, 2001.  Indiana lawmakers delivered a strong charter school law on Wednesday, culminating the end of a seven-year effort led primarily by State Senator Teresa Lubbers and a coalition of leading business, foundations, and citizens.

April 6, 2001.  The 2000 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) 4th grade reading results are yet another argument for dramatic education reforms in the United States.

Average test scores have remained flat, with one key difference – those who need the help the most have lost ground, while those who already achieve gained some ground.

March 27, 2001. Members of Congress will again join in the nationwide celebration of charter school on the occasion of the second annual National Charter Schools Week, to be celebrated this year from April 30-May 4, 2001.

March 23, 2001.  The Center for Education Reform’s Third Annual Leaders Forum, Lessons from the Front: Grassroots Spring into Action will uniquely highlight the reform efforts of nine local grassroots leaders.

The Conference will be structured into three panels:
Charting the Course — New School Choices for Children
Raising the Bar – The Quest for Accountability
Making Choice and Option – Good Schools for All Children

January 16, 2001. The Center for Education Reform today announced the release of new information documenting the success and accountability of the charter school movement in its report Charter Schools Today: Changing the Face of American Education.

October 29, 2002.  Not only are the nation’s charter schools successfully educating children under-served by traditional public schools, but they are providing more instructional time, innovative curricula, and doing it cost-effectively.

Those are some of the results from the Center for Education Reform’s Charter Schools Annual Survey of America’s Charter Schools, released today in Washington, DC.

September 6, 2005. The Center for Education Reform (CER) and National Council of Education Providers (NCEP) presented a plan of action to the United States Department of Education last week to provide immediate education assistance for the child survivors of hurricane Katrina to get them back in schools.

July 26, 2005. A new study conducted by researchers at the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation aims to debunk the widespread belief among landlords and real estate lenders that charter schools are risky investments.

The Debunking the Real Estate Risk of Charter Schools study uses CER data, and comes at a time when real estate issues are taking center stage in the growing charter school movement.