Education Policy Center

Denver Post on School Safety Reporting Shows What’s Old Is New Again 0
- EDUCATION - Blogs
- May 19, 2014
Yesterday the Denver Post featured a lengthy story on troubles with school safety reporting. When I hear about a student being stabbed, beaten up, or having some property stolen, it makes me mad. Of course, those things happen. But then to see that a lot of these incidents aren’t being publicly reported with consistency, I […]
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05/15/14 0
- EDUCATION - Newsletters
- May 15, 2014
Education Policy Center Newsletter May 15, 2014
In this issue
— HB 1382 Marks Small Step Forward for Online Innovation
— Jeffco Front and Center in Fight for Local Reform
— DeGrow Praises Progress on Charter Funding
— National News: Kansas Joins Scholarship Tax Credit Ranks
— Roundup: Class-Size Reduction Examined and More…
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Let’s Stop Shortchanging Colorado’s Charter Schools 0
- EDUCATION - Charter Schools, EDUCATION - K-12 Funding, EDUCATION - Opinion Editorials
- May 15, 2014
Parents who choose a charter school are learning their children most likely are being shortchanged. While recent moves in Colorado would make progress toward evening up funds for charters, the quest for equity still has a long way to go.
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International Report Shines Light on Colorado Education Performance Gap 0
- EDUCATION - Blogs
- May 14, 2014
Update, 5/14: RiShawn Biddle shares some further valuable insights into the PEPG report’s findings on his Dropout Nation website. Almost exactly one year ago to the day, I brought your attention to a report from America Achieves that showed our nation’s lackluster K-12 education results are by no means just a matter of poverty. This […]
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