Substitute Teacher Policies? No One Else Could Cover It Quite the Same
Truth be told, I tried to find someone else to fill in and do the blogging for me today — a substitute, if you will. It’s Friday, one of the more common days for teachers to get a classroom substitute, at least according to a Harvard study cited in a new Education Week piece by […]
02/07/13
Education Policy Center Newsletter February 7, 2013
— Digital Learning Celebrates Innovation, Calls for Policy Changes
— DeGrow Addresses Looming School Finance Debate
— Independence Institute Celebrates School Choice Week (en español)
— Citizens Seek Union Transparency in Thompson Schools
— Grading Colorado and More: Eddie Rounds Up K-12 Scene
Natural gas double price of coal in Colorado
According to the most recent Form 10-K that Xcel Energy, Colorado’s largest investor owned utility (IOU), filed with the Security and Exchange Commission dated December 31, 2011, electricity generation from natural gas was more than double the price of electricity generated from coal in Colorado. A table on page 18 of the report shows that […]
Digital Learning Day Could Help Propel Colorado to Student Course Choice
Believe it or not, Digital Learning Day is upon us again. A day to celebrate Colorado blended learning innovations like Rocky Mountain Prep and to look forward to more options in the future. Not just “school choice,” but “course choice.” Colorado leaders have a policy road map to follow that can help generate such an effective liberating change for students. Will we make progress in 2013?
Amy Oliver Show: Rocky Mountain Prep Pioneers Blended Learning Innovation
James Cryan, founder of Denver’s Rocky Mountain Prep charter school, talks about the innovative formula his school is using to serve a diverse and challenging population of young learners. Rocky Mountain Prep employs a blended learning model that rotates students between educational skills software and more personalized small group instruction of high-quality teachers.
Rhee’s “Radical” Book Sparks Renewed Interest in Her Support of Choice
You can forgive a blogger if once in awhile he decides to rehash a little old news, can’t you? Especially if he’s a cute little kid like yours truly? Anyway, long-time readers may be aware of my longtime edu-crush on former DC Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee. You also may recall how excited I was to […]
New AAE Member Survey Shows More Teachers Embrace Education Options
It wasn’t so long ago I pointed you to the results of an Association of American Educators (AAE) member survey to drive home the point that teacher opinion is far from monolithic. Well, the good folks at AAE have done it again, releasing a snapshot of members’ perspectives on a number of school reform issues. […]
Rearranging the Park Benches
Our cities are in trouble. Most have huge unfunded pension and health-care obligations. Their infrastructure is old and so poorly maintained that it can’t power a football stadium for the full length of a game. Their schools have significantly lower high-school graduation rates than the suburbs, even after accounting for differences in incomes. Housing in […]
National School Choice Week Simply Means More Reasons to Celebrate
I’m sad to see a successful School Choice Week winding down. There are almost too many different options of what to blog about. Rather than exercise a choice and just do one of the items, I’ve decided instead to blitz you with a bunch of neat items to bring to your attention: Of course, don’t […]
LaHood’s Cost-Effectiveness Rule
It was with some trepidation that the Antiplanner finally took the time to carefully read the Department of Transportation’s final rules for major transit capital grants. Long-time readers may recall that the Antiplanner is concerned about the cost-effectiveness of these grants, and urged the Department to strengthen those requirements–without much hope that the Obama administration […]
