Credo: Jeanne Allen

Published November 8, 2009 5:00am ET



President Obama called on states and school districts this week to embrace school reform. But for veteran reformer Jeanne Allen, the talk isn’t quite good enough. “The president and his education secretary are, too often, giving states credit for talking about charter schools rather than actually changing laws to improve the likelihood that children will have real school choice,” she said. The 49-year-old president of the Center for Education Reform shared with The Examiner what change could look like, and the faith and ideals that keep her fighting for it.

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