Online Education: Stop The Discrimination Now
The State of Colorado is discriminating against little Emma Moody, a home-schooled third grader. Emma has lived in Colorado since she was born, and Emma’s parents pay taxes in Colorado. Emma is facing a type of discrimination that takes place in no other state in the nation. Emma is barred from enrolling in public school online education programs, but Emma’s younger brother, David, can enroll in a public online program at the kindergarten or first grade level. The discrimination does not begin until you are entering second grade.
Let Teachers’ Unions Pay For Union Business
Why should taxpayers pay for union officers to take time off and attend union functions? Collective bargaining agreements between school districts and teachers throughout the state provide for leave for the president of the teachers’ union and other union officers to conduct union business and attend union-sponsored activities, conferences, and workshops.
A New Education Tax Plan for Colorado
Arizona and Minnesota have both implemented successful education tax plans. Arizona and Minnesota differ in their approaches, but by combining the best from both states, a much more comprehensive plan can be created for Colorado.
Ten Years After: The Denver Teachers' Contract and School Reform
This paper compares the Denver teachers’ contract critiqued in this writer’s issue paper published in February of 1990 (How Union Contracts Block School Reform: A Denver Case Study) with the current contract which incorporates the system of collaborative decision making (CDM) committees that began in 1991. The paper places the contract and its evolution in the context of both recent developments and the theories advanced in John E. Chubb and Terry M. Moe’s Politics, Markets and America’s Schools.
Not Very Open Colorado’s Public School Open Enrollment Policies
The Colorado Public Schools of Choice Act provides for intra-district and inter-district student enrollment. Many school districts, through school board policy, are discouraging parents from exercising their right of public school choice. Clarifying the statute to protect parents from restrictive regulations is needed.
Colorado’s Public School Open Enrollment Policies: Not Very Open
The Colorado Public Schools of Choice Act provides for intra-district and inter-district student enrollment. Many school districts, through school board policy, are discouraging parents from exercising their right of public school choice. Clarifying the statute to protect parents from restrictive regulations is needed.
