Through its storehouse of data and unique insights into American communities, CER uses information to turn parents into activists, policymakers into advocates, and educators into reform leaders.  The Center for Education Reform changes laws, minds and cultures to allow good schools to flourish.   The Center for Education Reform is a 501c(3) public, non-profit corporation organized in the District of Columbia in 1993.  Support for CER comes from more than 1,000 individuals, foundations, and civic leaders.