Washington Case May Benefit Free Speech for Colorado Workers
State courts say that Colorado teachers unions do not have to follow a new rule that empowers members to choose whether to fund union political causes. A favorable decision from the U.S. Supreme Court in the coming session could aid in restoring union members’ rights.
U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Teachers' Rights Case
The U.S. Supreme Court announces it will review a state court decision that dismissed a 1992 Washington State law protecting teachers’ rights.
Brighton, Colorado Recognized as Charter School Leader
Brighton, CO rates as a national leader in charter school enrollment, according to an analysis by the National Alliance of Public Charter Schools.
A Double Victory for Teachers’ Rights: Unions to Ask and Disclose
Decisions by a federal court and the Colorado Secretary of State on consecutive days spelled a preliminary dual victory for individual teachers and a setback for unaccountable union bosses.
School days
The go-slow lights were blinking the other day as I drove past a neighborhood school. Cars were parked everywhere, virtually on top of each other, and mothers and fathers were leading little ones – sometimes holding their hands – to the red brick building. I could almost feel the knots in the stomachs, the excitement, the sense of something big happening.
Union Greases Bacon’s Election
Host Jon Caldara and Education Policy Analyst Ben DeGrow discuss a recent Colorado Court of Appeals decision that called out the teachers union for illicit campaign activities. In 2004 the union in Fort Collins helped to grease the election of Bob Bacon to the state senate.
The Reading Crisis: Why Thousands of Colorado’s Kids Aren’t Learning to Read
Drs. Debora Scheffel and Jeannette Cornier, from the Colorado Department of Education, speak at the Independence Institute about the importance of teaching reading properly.
Pueblo Charter School Wins National Accolades
The U.S. Department of Education recently announced that Pueblo’s Cesar Chavez Academy will be featured as one of two examples of charter school excellence in a soon-to-be-aired documentary video.
Court: Teachers Union in Poudre Puffs Bacon’s Election
According to the court, the facts from Fort Collins show the teachers union crossed the legal line in its 2004 campaign activities.
School Choice Presses Forward Across the Country
Members of the U.S. Congress join the Secretary of Education in proposing new school choice relief.
New Jersey Parents File Class-Action Lawsuit for Option to Place Students in Higher-Performing Public and Nonpublic Schools
In a landmark case, a number of New Jersey alliances files a class action lawsuit seeking relief for New Jersey’s failure to provide basic education to thousands of its children.
Rhode Island Becomes Fourth State to Enact Corporate Tax Credits for Donations to Scholarship Organizations
The Rhode Island General Assembly passes and Governor Donald Carcieri signs into law Tax Credits for Contributions to Scholarship Organizations.
