Ways Forward on Five Key School District Policies
- Education, EDUCATION - Issue Papers
- July 22, 2024
Education Policy Center director Pam Benigno looks back to what motivated her early involvement in K-12 reform and looks forward to student-friendly changes Colorado could adopt, including scholarship tax credits.
READ MOREA few weeks ago I pointed you to a growing body of research that cast serious doubts on the glowing claims about what universal preschool can accomplish. That was before Amendment 66 went down in flames, including a proposal to boost funding for at-risk early childhood education. While shell-shocked tax increase supporters continue to mourn […]
READ MORESometimes it’s the small ideas that deserve big attention. No single one of these ideas can solve all the problems and shortcomings in education, but reformers and transformers might find pleasing results from one such strategic change. That’s what we find in a newly released Fordham Institute study by Michael Hansen, “Right-sizing the Classroom: Making […]
READ MOREBefore heading off into the weekend playground sunset, I ran across this recent piece from former California Democratic state legislator and passionate education reformer Gloria Romero. She touts the 2010 Open Enrollment Act she guided through the state legislature to empower parents, explaining how it can be used as a tool to highlight failing schools […]
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