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Resources
Recent Developments
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.
For the Good of the Children
edspresso - education reform blog served up hot, with a twist
Nowhere in the coverage of DC Schools Chancellor Rhee’s recent layoffs of teachers is there any word - anything from the teachers interviewed or their union leaders - that addresses student achievement. Nothing. Teachers need to ask a basic question: "Am I good for kids?"
National Leaders Urge Obama to Address Education Crisis
CER Press Release, Washington, DC, January 26, 2009
 New report prescribes five-part cure: The Center for Education Reform offers federal and state lawmakers a monograph of recommendations to help guide government leaders in improving our nation's schools through choice, charters, teacher quality, federal accountability and transparency.
Still A Nation at Risk
CER Press Release, Washington, DC, April 25, 2008
Twenty-five years after one of the most honest assessments of the state of our country's education, our system of public education leaves us still very much a nation at risk.
American Students Failing to Meet Global Standards
CER Press Release, Washington, DC, September 26, 2006
American students continue to lag behind students internationally, a trend that is threatening our nation’s global standing. CER's Action Paper "The American Education Diet: Can U.S. Students Survive on Junk Food" lays bare the shocking state of U.S. K-12 education and calls for reform to restore America's academic prominence.
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