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Grade for New Jersey's charter school system slips, according to national report

April 5, 2012
The Center for Education Reform report gave New Jersey’s charter school law a “C” as the state slipped from 19th to 24th among the 41 states, as well as the District of Columbia, with charter school laws. Read more »

NC charter school law misses the mark in a national ranking

April 3, 2012
North Carolina's law on charter schools received a grade of "C" and ranked 29th among the states according to the Center for Education Reform. The Center's director Jeanne Allen said raising the cap of charters did not go far enough. Read more »

Florida Is the 8th-Friendliest State For Charter Schools, Report Says

April 2, 2012
Florida ranks eighth in the nation for laws which promote innovation, equal funding and ease of expansion of charter schools, according to a ranking from the Washington, D.C.-based Center for Education Reform. Read more »

Jeanne Allen on Bill Bennett's Morning in America

March 23, 2012
Seth Leibsohn talks education and accountability with Jeanne Allen, touching on presidential candidates, the federal government, the economy, and teacher quality. Read more »

Charter schools backers say new approach needed

March 5, 2012
"The problem is how we operate schools, and that is what charters are one solution to," Jeanne Allen, president of the Washington, D.C.-based Center for Education Reform, told The Clarion-Ledger. Read more »

Charter schools funding hot issue

February 29, 2012
Legislators tend to make a common mistake of "trying to be all things for all people," said Jeanne Allen, president of the Washington, D.C.-based Center for Education Reform. They try to push for charter schools, but not full funding, and expect those schools to take on the most disadvantaged students anyway, she said. Read more »

Maryland charter school law ranked seventh worst

February 29, 2012
The creation of great new public charter schools in Maryland requires just one simple thing, according to Jeanne Allen, president of the Center for Education Reform, an advocacy organization. Read more »

Grading Teachers Sparks Conflict as U.S. States Compete for Federal Grants

February 23, 2012
Tying teacher evaluations to student test scores is vital to determine how educators enhance achievement, said Jeanne Allen, president of the Washington-based Center for Education Reform. Read more »

CNN Headline News: Jeanne Allen on Teacher Evaluations and Teacher Misconduct

February 22, 2012
February 16, 2012 CER President Jeanne Allen discusses teacher evaluations and teacher abominations on CNN Headline News. Read more »

Charter schools grow in Prince George’s County

February 21, 2012
“In more disadvantaged areas, whether suburban or urban, [charter schools] are being welcomed,” said Jeanne Allen, president of the pro-charter Center for Education Reform in Washington. “More and more people who live outside big cities are recognizing that this is a solution for some of their issues too.” Read more »