2003 2003
GET THE FACTS ON D.C. CHARTER
SCHOOLS
By Jeanne Allen
Letter to the Editor submitted to The Washington Post, June 19, 2003
SCHOOL CHOICE IS ESSENTIAL
FOR WASHINGTON, DC
By Jeanne Allen
Letter to the Editor of the Washington Post Submitted April 18, 2003
MARYLANDERS WANT, NEED CHARTER
SCHOOLS
By Jeanne Allen
Letter to the Editor submitted to the Washington Post, March 20 2003
CHARTER SCHOOLS' SUCCESS
By Jeanne Allen
Letter to the Editor of the New York Times,
March 6 2003
MARYLAND HAS NO CHARTER LAW -- YET
By Jeanne Allen
Letter to the Editor submitted to The Washington Post, February 6, 2003
CHARTER SCHOOLS: LEGISLATION TO REVITALIZE EDUCATION IN MARYLAND, Testimony by Jeanne Allen before The Maryland Senate Education, Health And Environmental Affairs Committee, February 6, 2003
STUDENTS NEED ALTERNATIVES
By Jeanne Allen
USA Today Online, January 31, 2003
2002
CHARTERING
SUCCESS
By Jeanne Allen
September 16, 2002, Opinion / Editorial, The Washington Times
WHAT OHIO'S COALITION FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION ISN'T TELLING YOU ABOUT CHARTER SCHOOLS, By Jeanne Allen, president, Center for Education Reform; Chester E. Finn Jr., president, Thomas B. Fordham Foundation; and Lisa Graham Keegan, CEO, Education Leaders Council.
Teachers' Union Misleads on Charter Schools
By Melanie Looney, CER Director of Research, August 6, 2002
The National PTA: Becoming Irrelevant?
By Jeanne Allen, July 2002
Stonewalling School Choice in Maryland
By Jeanne Allen, July 2002
Weigh Schools' Data Carefully
By Jeanne Allen, Letter to the Editor, USA Today, April 12, 2002
California's Schools: Will AB2160 Improve Them? New Bill Won't Help Teachers, By Jeanne Allen, San Francisco Chronicle, March 20, 2002
2001
Letter to the Editor: PROTECTORS OF THE STATUS QUO, by Jeanne Allen, Philadelphia Inquirer, December 7, 2001.
CER's Play-by-Play Analysis of PBS' School: The Story of American Public Education, September 4, 2001.
TESTING HELPS TEACHING, by Jeanne Allen, July 23, 2001.
NOT YOUR MOM'S PTA. The name "PTA" may conjure up images of moms working closely with schools, increasingly, that image comes not from PTA's, but from "PTO's" or Parent Teacher Organizations. By Jeanne Allen, Scripps Howard News Service, July 9, 2001
OPPOSED TO BETTER SCHOOLS? The education proposals favored by the school employee unions funnel more taxpayer dollars into a broken system that continues to fail its most disadvantaged students. Jeanne Allen responds. Washington Post, July 4, 2001.
EDUCATION REFORM BEGINS AT DINNER TABLE, By Jeanne Allen, The Daily Oklahoman, June 26, 2001.
MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS URGED TO ACCEPT CHARTER SCHOOL APPLICATION , By Jeanne Allen, The Montgomery County Sentinel, June 21, 2001
JEFFORDS ONLY BACKED STATUS QUO. Jeanne Allen responds to characterization of Sen. Jim Jeffords contribution to education reform in Newsweek article. Submitted to Newsweek, June 6, 2001.
INDIANA'S CHOICE: weak or strong charter school bill, Indiana has the chance to pass the nation's 38th charter school law. Currently a bill is pending that would make Indiana a national leader, while another option provides few opportunities for charter school development. See Jeanne Allen's commentary in the Indianapolis Star, April 4, 2001.
EDISON SCHOOL FUSS, Jeanne Allen responds to San Francisco School Board president over board's attempt at closing San Francisco Charter. San Francisco Chronicle Letter to the Editor, March 20, 2001.
CRITIQUE OF FLAWED STUDY OF EDISON SCHOOLS, By John Kraman, 2001
GIVE CHARTERS A CHANCE, by Chris Braunlich, Baltimore Sun, March 15, 2001
THE NEED FOR A STRONG CHARTER SCHOOL LAW IN MARYLAND, Statement of Barbara Davidson, Maryland Coordinator, The Center for Education Reform, Before the Maryland Senate Economic and Environmental Affairs Committee, February 2001
CITY LIFE: Parents Should Vote to Improve Schools, By Jeanne Allen Newsday, February 16, 2001
W.’s A+ PLAN -- THE RIGHT THING TO DO, by Jeanne Allen, National Review Online, January 25, 2001
FIGHT OVER VOUCHERS WILL GO ON
By Jeanne Allen
Miami Herald, January 22, 2001
2000
SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT ON CHARTER SCHOOLS
By Jeanne Allen
Submitted to the Washington
Post, December 29, 2000
SEPARATING FACT FROM FICTION
ON CHARTER SCHOOLS
By Jeanne Allen
Submitted to the New York Times, December 29, 2000
SCHOOL CHOICE IS HERE TO STAY; PUBLIC TRIES
IT, LIKES IT,
By Jeanne Allen, November 15, 2000
Statement Regarding Comments Made by NEA President Bob Chase on the Future of
School Choice
CHARTER SCHOOLS DO WORK
By Jeanne Allen
Letter to the Editor, Washington Post, October 25, 2000
ANSWER TO VOUCHERS?
By Jeanne Allen
Letter to the Editor, New York Times, October 24, 2000
NSBA CHARTER SCHOOL REPORT FULL OF HOLES
By Jeanne Allen
October 12, 2000
WATERED DOWN VERSION: SAT losing credibility as Yardstick
By Jeanne Allen
Atlanta Journal, September 20, 2000
FIRST, FIX THE SCHOOL
By Jeanne Allen
Today's Debate: Opposing View, USA Today, September 5, 2000
LESSONS FROM
FLORIDA ON SCHOOL CHOICE
By Jeanne Allen
Scripps Howard News Service, July 31, 2000
THIS TEACHER CREATED RESPECT FOR THE INSTITUTION
CALLED SCHOOL
By Jeanne Allen
Stars and Stripes, June 8,
2000
THE OLD MATH
By Jeanne Allen
Scripps Howard News Service, April 26, 2000
RESOLUTIONS 2000: Education Reform For an
Educated Citizenry
By Jeanne Allen
CHARTER SCHOOLS DELIVERING RESULTS
By Jeanne Allen
Takoma News Tribune, March 7, 2000
SCHOOL CHOICE: FLORIDA'S LAWSUIT IS JUST A
DISTRACTION
By Dave DeSchryver
Tampa Tribune, January 8, 2000
1999
HIGH MARKS FOR CHARTER SCHOOLS
By Jeanne Allen
Bangor News, November 18, 1999
MICHIGAN CHOICE STORY NEEDS BETTER CONTEXT
by Jeanne Allen
Education Week, October 20, 1999
ACCOUNTABILITY IS KEY TO REFORM
By Jeanne Allen
USA Today, August 24, 1999
IMPACT: EDUCATION, Jeanne Allen on The O'Reilly Factor, Fox News, July 13, 1999
TRAGEDY STRIKES OUR
STUDENTS: Thoughts on Littleton
By Jeanne Allen, President, The Center for Education Reform, May 1999
THE REAL UNIONS: Union Leaders' Efforts To Stop Charter Progress Through Rhetoric and Legislation. May, 1999.
MAYORS TAKE CHARGE!
By Dave De Schryver, CER Senior Policy Analyst, March, 1999
1998
CHARTER SCHOOLS: The Case for Better
New York Schools
By Jeanne Allen, CER President, December 1998
A SPECIAL THANKSGIVING COMMENTARY ON U.S.
ACHIEVEMENT
By Dave De Schryver, CER Senior Policy Analyst, November 26, 1998
HOW TO REALLY
GET READY FOR A NEW SCHOOL YEAR: Advice from an Expert (who also doubles as
a parent of 4 young school-aged children)
By Jeanne Allen, Back-to-School, 1998
Charter Schools: Substantive Success, by
Jeanne Allen, CER President
Letter to the Editor of US News and World Report
[An edited version of this letter appeared in US News and World Report,
May 25, 1998]
EDUCATION MANIFESTO: A Nation
Still At Risk
Fifteen years after the National Commission on Excellence
in Education declared the United States a nation at risk, America's educational
system is still failing far too many people. The signatories of this Manifesto,
including Jeanne Allen, CER President, urge two main renewal strategies --
standards, assessments and accountability; and pluralism, competition and choice
-- achieved through ten break-through changes for the 21st Century. See
also: Fifteen Years after
"A Nation At Risk": That Was Then And This Is Now, a point by
point comparison of the condition of American education in 1983 and 1998.
Charter Schools: A Welcome Alternative to the
Status Quo, by Jeanne Allen, CER President
The Record (Bergen County, NJ), March 6, 1998
Beware
of Greeks Bearing Gifts, by Jeanne Allen, CER President
Press Advisory, January 27, 1998
1997
How Republicans Helped Clinton And Hurt Schools,
By Jeanne Allen and Chester E. Finn Jr.
The Weekly Standard, December 8, 1997
Creating Accountability In Our Schools: Shaping
Standards of Learning, by Jeanne Allen, CER President
Impact Magazine, Foundation for Florida's Future, Fall 1997
Charter School Promises Becoming Reality.
Testimony by Jeanne Allen, CER President
Before The House Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth and
Families: Charter Schools, September 16, 1997
Charter Schools: A Vision for the
District of Columbia, Testimony by Jeanne Allen, CER President
Before The Senate Subcommittee On Oversight Of Government
Management, Restructuring, And The District Of Columbia, September 8,
1997
Improving Educational Opportunities in the
District of Columbia, Testimony by Jeanne Allen, CER President
Before The Senate Subcommittee On Oversight Of Government
Management, Restructuring, And The District Of Columbia, April 17, 1997
Testing Our Kids: New Education Standards Should
Be Set By the States, Op-Ed by Jeanne Allen, CER President
Dallas Morning News, March 16, 1997
1996
Back to School Assignment: Grade the Quality of
Schooling,Op-Ed by Jeanne Allen, CER President
Richmond Times-Dispatch, September 31, 1996
What Americans Really Think of School Choice,
Op-Ed by Jeanne Allen, CER President
The Wall Street Journal, September 17, 1996
The Path To Better Schools,Guest Editorial by
Jeanne Allen, CER President
Investor's Business Daily, September 5, 1996
Letter to the Editor, Cleveland Plain Dealer, by Jeanne Allen, CER President, June, 1996
The NEA and Charter Schools: Gift Horse or Trojan Horse?, Op-Ed by Jeanne Allen, CER President, May, 1996
In Defense of the Charter School Movement, Op-Ed by Jeanne Allen, CER President, February, 1996
Put Out Ohio's Welcome Mat for Innovative Charter
Schools, Op-Ed by Jeanne Allen, CER President
Cincinnati Post, January 16, 1996
1995
American Education: Don't Worry Be Happy, Op-Ed by Jeanne Allen, CER President, December 7, 1995
A New Paradigm in Education, Op-Ed by Jeanne Allen, CER President, October 30, 1995
Back to School, Guest Editorial by Jeanne
Allen, CER President
Investor's Business Daily, August 22, 1995
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