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GAO report: Charter schools underserve special needs students

June 22, 2012
“GAO’s attempt to draw conclusions about enrollment of students with special needs in charter schools was a waste of resources,” said Jeanne Allen, president of The Center for Education Reform, in a release. "The GAO report, by the agency’s own admission, fails to meet fundamental and rudimentary research standards. It is based wholly on anecdotal snapshots of a limited number of schools and states.” Read more »

Life Force charter school in Dunedin closed now, but how did it get so bad?

June 18, 2012
The Center for Education Reform, a charter advocacy group, calls Florida one of the friendliest charter states in the nation. Read more »

Anger, frustration envelop Philadelphia schools

June 12, 2012
Some education reformers have praised aspects of Knudsen's plan, saying that decentralization will allow teachers and principals more autonomy. Jeanne Allen, president of the Washington-based Center for Education Reform, described the proposal as long overdue and perhaps not bold enough. Read more »

Public school in rural Idaho touts patriotic focus

June 1, 2012
North Valley Academy's patriotism emphasis is a first for Idaho, but a number of charter schools nationally focus on similar concepts, said Jeanne Allen, president of the Center for Education Reform, a Washington, D.C.-based school choice advocate. Read more »

Chicago schools battle closely studied across country

June 1, 2012
"The mayor's candid disdain for the current teacher union contracts is attractive to most reformers, and they equate tough talk with tough action," said Jeanne Allen, president of the Washington, D.C.-based Center for Education Reform. Read more »

Charter board has spent $1 million to close failed schools

April 27, 2012
Twenty-eight DC charter schools have closed, a failure rate of 35 percent. That’s more than twice the national rate of 15 percent, according to the Center for Education Reform, a charter research and advocacy group. Read more »

Wyoming getting interest from charter schools

April 6, 2012
National charter school and education reform advocates rate Wyoming's charter school law as among the worst in the nation because they say the law makes it difficult to open a charter school. The Center for Education Reform recently gave Wyoming a "D'' grade in charter school law. Read more »

Opinion: Charter School Boom States

April 6, 2012
The Center for Education Reform president Jeanne Allen on which states support and hinder the expansion of charter schools. Read more »

Charter schools must be accountable

April 5, 2012
The Center for Education Reform, a pro-voucher, pro-charter school organization in Washington, D.C., recently graded the state a B and ranked it eighth highest in the nation for its laws that govern the creation and operation of charter schools. Read more »

Jeanne Allen on WGAU Newsmakers

April 5, 2012
Jeanne Allen on WGAU Newsmakers talks everything from elections to teacher quality and pay to higher education. Read more »