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Until we move from an education bureaucracy that protects adults at the expense of children to a system of schools that open or close based on performance, there can be no wide-scale improvement. But you can make it happen.

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• Reform FAQs
• Getting Started: Grassroots in Action
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• Understanding the BLOB
• Join the Conversation at edspresso, your blog for education news and commentary
• Get the Mandate: a five-part cure for what ails our education system

The Best Tools for the Job
Attention Parents, Teachers, Reformers: Use these toolkits to become a stronger advocate for your child's education, to advance school choice in your state, or to start a school of your own, and make schools work better for all children.

The Paper Tiger Exposed
Election results are in, and teacher-union endorsed candidates fell to more reform-minded candidates in Virginia, New Jersey and New York City. Despite their reputation as power brokers with deep pockets, the teachers unions are only as powerful as we let them be. Got edspresso?

Take Action Today to Save DC School Choice
DC's Opportunity Scholarship Program helps low-income kids in DC go to better schools - and it's working. The program is supported by leading Democrats, the DC City Council, the DC Mayor, and 75 percent of DC residents. Let your Senator - and Sen. Dick Durbin, who's calling the shots on its survival - know you support it too.
Read more in the Wall Street Journal.

Jeanne Allen: Federal Race to the Top Funds for State Teacher Quality Efforts Need Strings Attached
CER Press Release, Washington, DC, October 8, 2009
Taxpayer money must be spent on teacher quality initiatives, like alternative certification and performance pay, which put children first. School districts that have anti-reform provisions in their employment policies and teacher contracts should not receive a dime of federal Race to the Top funds.

Kids Need Great Schools: Michigan Rally Thursday, September 24
Thousands of Michigan students, parents, teachers and advocates will rally to urge lawmakers to focus on more school choices and alternative teacher certification options to support Michigan's "Race to the Top." Ten Michigan charter schools will celebrate their 15th anniversaries as well.

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Ed Reform FAQs Grassroots Action Center Get Connected: Find education reform organizations and websites that offer resources and support for your state or nationwide.