Education Policy Center

08/14/14 0
- EDUCATION - Newsletters
- August 15, 2014
Education Policy Center Newsletter August 14, 2014
In this issue
— Friday TV Alert: What’s New in Colorado Blended Learning?
— Center Conquers New Territory with Dougco Amicus Brief
— Employee Freedom Message Comes to Pueblo
— Choice and Charters Backed by Strong Opinions, Research
— Eddie Rounds Up Summer
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Too Good, Too True: KIPP’s Continuing Success 0
- EDUCATION - Blogs
- August 14, 2014
“If something looks too good to be true, it probably is.” You’ve heard that one, right? Of course you have. It’s a pretty good aphorism, and one that I’ve already heard no fewer than 2,000 times in my five years of life. Somewhat ironically, this universal statement holds true in many cases, but falls short […]
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Chieftain Highlights Institute’s Billboard Message to Pueblo Teachers 0
- EDUCATION - Labor, EDUCATION - Teachers
- August 14, 2014
The Pueblo Chieftain features coverage of a special Independence Institute billboard message notifying local teachers of their limited opportunity to avoid paying union membership or non-member “representation” fees.
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BFFs of the Court: Chiming in for Choice in Douglas County 0
- EDUCATION - Blogs, EDUCATION - School Choice
- August 12, 2014
Court briefs are terrifying to kids like me. They are long, complicated, and governed by a system of rules in which words like “pagination” and “certiorari” are commonplace. And, in a cruelly ironic twist, they are anything but “brief.” Worse still, they have absolutely no pictures. To be honest, I look at most legal briefs […]
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