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Education Entrepreneurs: Giving Our Kids a Fighting Chance 1998

August 14, 1998. Confronted with conclusive data on declining academic achievement, low test scores, and real indicators of the failure of the educational system, schools and school districts have entered into new partnerships with private companies to provide academic services for their students.

The Center for Education Reform explores these new arrangements in its most recent Action Paper, Creating a Revolution: From the Boardroom to the Classroom; New Partners in Education.

Dwight Evans Honored at CER 5th Anniversary 1998

October 27, 1998. The Center for Education Reform honors Pennsylvania State Representative Dwight Evans as one of six distinguished heroes in education reform at its 5th Anniversary Celebration and Salute to the Nation’s Unsung Heroes.

CER Website Receives Top Honors 1998

May 12, 1998. The Center for Education Reform’s website, www.2024.edreform.com, wins Washington, DC City Pages’ Hot Site Award.

Education Reform Milestones: Florida, Illinois, Connecticut 1995

March 12, 1995. Group of Florida citizens launch private scholarship program to help underprivileged families; Illinois Senate provides 2,000 low-income kids with choice; Connecticut legislative committee to hear testimony on school choice and charter school bill that lost last year.

Washington State Charter School Bill Defeated 1998

March 5, 1998. A handful of Washington State lawmakers can shoulder the blame for the defeat of a charter school bill on Monday, March 2.

Major Charter School Rulings Issued in Two States (2000)

May 11, 2000. In New Jersey, the Council on Local Mandates upheld the legality of regional charter schools, but in South Carolina, the state Supreme Court ruled that the state’s charter school law is unconstitutional because of one provision.

Calling All Choice Activists 1998

December 2, 1998. Alert notifying supporters to log onto IntellectualCapital.com to add their comments to a school choice debate expected to have heavy turnout from BLOB supporters.

New York State Has a Charter School Law 1998

December 18, 1998.  The New York State Senate and State Assembly both vote yes on charter school legislation in the early morning hours.

Court Rules Cleveland Program Constitutional 1996

August 1, 1996.The Franklin County, Ohio Court of Common Pleas yesterday ruled that the Cleveland school voucher plan violated neither the Ohio State nor the U.S. Constitution.

Educational Improvement Survey: California, Oakland 2007

Analysis of Findings from Survey of Adults in Oakland, California with an Oversample of Parents of School-Aged Children on February 13, 2007