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On the Air
 CER president Jeanne Allen will join the discussion "Beyond NCLB" on today's On Point from NPR. LIsten live online and check local listings to find out when it airs in your area.
Is Sen. Byron Dorgan lost in space?
 Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-ND) voted against DC school choice because astronauts went to public school, while an actual astronaut voted to save the DC Opportunity Scholarship Program? Read more on Edspresso.
Hot Off the Press! Today's Education Reform Headlines
 Senate vote a setback for educational civil rights... School choice a critically important tool... Is Obama making the grade?... and more in today's Daily Headlines.
Senate vote clearly definines who will stand with DC's kids...More Catholic Schools are looking to financing alternatives...What really makes education work? Read more in this week's Newswire.
Annual Survey of America's Charter Schools 2010
 CER's annual national overview of the day-to-day operations of charters reveals that charter schools are experiencing stronger parental demand than ever before, with growing waiting lists at 65% of schools.
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The Pitiful State of American Politics
By Jeanne Allen,
Daily Caller,
March 17,2010
Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) has been trying since last fall—as head of the committee that oversees Washington, D.C., programs—to get a fair hearing and a vote from the leadership of the Senate to renew the Opportunity Scholarship Program, which gives vouchers to nearly 2,000 of the city’s poorest kids to attend private schools that by all measure are helping these kids succeed where they would have clearly failed without the option.
Rhode Island Firings Put Federal Turnaround Rules, Unions in Spotlight
By Ben Boychuk,
The Heartland Institute,
March 11,2010
“What the firings have done is showcase support at all levels, from parents to the President, for standing up to the status quo and exposing them for the paper tiger that they are,” said Jeanne Allen, president of the Center for Education Reform in Washington, DC.
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