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September 10, 2012
"Chicago remains among the worst performing school districts in the nation, yet instead of embracing the mayor’s rational, modest proposals to begin instituting limited performance evaluations, union leaders begin acting more like the Chicago thugs of old than the leaders they want to be considered today." Read more »
September 5, 2012
Jeanne Allen weighs in on parent power, education reform & the elections on WSJ Opinion Journal. Read more »
August 20, 2012
Jeanne Allen, president of the Centre for Education Reform, a Washington-based advocacy group, says the reforms are unique because Indiana has looked at education reform in its “totality”, rather than taking a piecemeal approach as many other states have done. Read more »
August 17, 2012
The Washington-based Center for Education Reform, a pro-charter school group, issued a news release accusing Barge of reneging on support for the amendment and caving “to those representing the failed status quo.” Read more »
August 16, 2012
“There’s a tendency in education that we somehow have to make it entertaining for kids,” said Jeanne Allen, president of the Center for Education Reform, a D.C. group that advocates school choice. “The Basis philosophy is that it can be exhilarating to learn a great amount of knowledge.” Read more »
August 3, 2012
"This could be the new model for public education," said Jeanne Allen, president of the Center for Education Reform, a national research and advocacy group that supports school choice. "It stands to be a lab of innovation where people can see that thinking outside the box is not so scary." Read more »
August 1, 2012
CER President Jeanne Allen talks about money following the child on NBC Nightly News Read more »
July 20, 2012
Kara Kerwin of the Center for Education Reform believes charter schools can give an education other public schools can't offer with the regulations that school districts have in place. Read more »
July 9, 2012
The pro-charter Center for Education Reform, or CER, also places a strong emphasis on authorizers. In fact, vice president for research Alison Consoletti said having strong, independent authorizers is the single most important factor in creating quality charter schools. Read more »
June 26, 2012
"Idaho epitomizes the Lake Wobegon effect," says Jeanne Allen, president of the D.C.-based Center for Education Reform. "In states like this, the assumption is all is well. The reality is they've been simply going through the motions for years, and the result is a kind of Third World education status." Read more »
