Jeanne Allen is the President of the Center for Education Reform (CER), a Washington, DC based organization driving the creation of better educational opportunities for all children by leading parents, policymakers and the media in boldly advocating for school choice, advancing the charter school movement, and challenging the education establishment.
Co- author of "The School Reform Handbook: How to Improve Your Schools" (1995), Jeanne is recognized as one of the country's leading education experts. She appears frequently on national television and radio programs, and can often be found in the pages of the nation's most influential newspapers and magazines.
Jeanne's deep knowledge of the legislative process, her reputation as an influencer on Capitol Hill, in the White House, and in statehouses around the country, as well as her immensely successful grassroots work in local communities, keep her in demand as a keynote speaker and presenter before groups throughout the United States.
An advisor, both formally and informally, to a number of education reform groups, grassroots organizations, foundation executives and legislative leaders, she has also served as a participant in several exclusive presidential and administration roundtables.
Jeanne currently serves as an Alliance Trustee to the America's Promise Alliance and as an advisor to the Mercy Center Foundation. She is an active contributor to both The Politico'sThe Arena and The National Journal'sEducation Experts blogs.
Jeanne is the mother of four school-age children, Johnny, Teddy, Anthony, and Mary Monica and is married to Dr. Kevin L. Strother.
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Read Jeanne's take on the news of the day over at Politico's Arena.
Tune in to Jeanne weighing in on key issues over at The National Journal'sEducation Experts blog.
See also Agitator for Choice Leaves Her Mark, profile of The Center for Education Reform and founder Jeanne Allen on the occasion of CER's 10th Anniversary, by Jeff Archer, Education Week, November 12, 2003.
And don't miss Chalk Talk, an occasional blog by Jeanne Allen where she tells it like it is, and fights for how it should be.
