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CER -- Your Source for What's Happening In Education Reform: As a respected and vocal advocate for reform from the local to national level, CER is called on regularly by newspapers and other media outlets for facts and analysis on education issues. A complete list of CER press clippings is available from the CER Press Relations Office.
Don't Give on Merit Pay Reforms
Critics such as the Center for Education Reform question Florida's commitment to merit-pay reform given Gov. Crist's veto of a recent teacher-tenure reform bill.
Does Petersburg Need a Charter School
By Ryan Nobles, NBC 12, August 30, 2010
They are still the last of the five school divisions engaged by the board of education because they were not showing progress. There is still significant help needed. The governor simply threw on the table the possibility of a charter school in Virginia. Charter schools are public schools. If you ask the Center for Education Reform, they say Virginia has the worst public school in the country.
Charter Schools Finding Niches
By Deborah Simmons, Washington Times, August 29, 2010
"I upset my colleagues in the movement," said Jeanne Allen, executive director of the Center for Education Reform. "But this 'race' was about whether you had buy-in from unions."
Race to the Top Will Bring Changes, No Cash
By Marge Neal, Frederick News-Post, August 27, 2010
Jeanne Allen, director of the Center for Education Reform, said that, by awarding money to a majority of second-round applicants -- 10 winners were chosen from 18 applicants -- Race to the Top ended "not with a bang but with a whimper."
Obama Education Grants Politicized, School Choice Advocates Say
By Fred Lucas, CNS News, August 26, 2010
The inclusion of states such as Hawaii and Maryland, and the exclusion of states with marked improvement such as Louisiana and Colorado makes the grants suspect, said Jeanne Allen, the president of the Center for Education Reform.
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