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This week in 1993 CER was launched...

Bill Clinton was president and he liked [[link removed]] charter schools [[link removed]]… (and once upon a time, full educational choice [[link removed]])

And these issues were noticeably bi-partisan [[link removed]].

So were standards [[link removed]].

Throughout the years, we’ve worked with and through four presidential administrations;

And through many crises, like Hurricane Katrina [[link removed]], where we pressured the federal government for $20 million in unspent charter funds to take on displaced kids and stood up the first family hotline to match students with schools in 9 states.

So when COVID-19 hit our world, we did what we have done for 27 years… we didn’t skip a beat [[link removed]]. We immediately reached out to colleagues and innovators nationwide and brought them together to share how they

were "countering COVID’s” effects on education. They became inspirational models for others.

For 27 years our DNA hasn’t changed — no matter who was on our team — we work relentlessly, with urgency, consistency and resolve.

Even when there wasn’t a crisis and the press wasn’t paying attention to education, CER has worked to prod and poke and create exceptional education opportunities for all children.

It’s like John F. Kennedy once said:

“The best time to fix the roof is when the sun is shining.”

The CER sun has been shining light on Parent Power & the need for money to follow kids (and backpacks full of cash [[link removed]]) since our beginnings.

CER was talking about and acting on innovation and opportunity before the storm. And we’ll be doing it after this one, and the next.

Some of our nation’s most prominent citizens, parents, press and policymakers are impatient, however. They want overnight results.

But it’s like Malcolm Gladwell says, movements take generations to succeed [[link removed]].

“The task that you’re engaged in is at the center of what it means to create a fairer world.

“ … you are at ground zero in that fight. This is a long slow fight, it’s not a short, quick one.

“Nothing will defeat us faster than thinking this is some kind of short term operation.”

We hope you’ll take a moment to help us recognize the contributions of the hundreds of team members, advisors, funders and friends who have helped us build a generation of education innovation and opportunity advocates.

Together our work has changed hearts, minds, laws and legal rulings.

Some [[link removed]] would like us to just go away. Despite what the mainstream would have you believe, we are up against the deepest pockets in political and special interests. Running and sustaining an organization in these unprecedented times is especially difficult. The work is often thankless, and fighting every day is hard work.

But we’re just getting started.

If you like what we do [[link removed]], what you’ve seen [[link removed]], and what you've heard [[link removed]], now is the time to join our cause [[link removed]].

Gratefully, Jeanne

Founded in 1993, the Center for Education Reform [[link removed]] aims to expand educational opportunities that lead to improved economic outcomes for all Americans — particularly our youth — ensuring that conditions are ripe for innovation, freedom and flexibility throughout U.S. education.

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