Ways Forward on Five Key School District Policies
- Education, EDUCATION - Issue Papers
- July 22, 2024
As Douglas County leaders continue charting the nation’s boldest course for local education innovation, political foes have taken the fight to a different front. Charges against the reform-minded school board fail in the light of truth but have the chance to catch on with many voters.
READ MOREColorado is approaching the heat of a statewide campaign to impose a billion-dollar-a-year statewide education tax hike. It’s time to address some of the myths and misinformation cited in support of Amendment 66. Read and listen to find seven of the major pro-tax arguments — some of them often repeated — that don’t stand up under close scrutiny.
READ MORESenior education policy analyst Ben DeGrow sheds light on some claims made by backers of Colorado’s Amendment 66, the billion-dollar-a-year statewide education tax increase proposal.
READ MORELittle Coloradans like me have to grudgingly admit that, yes, good ideas and insights can come from Kansas, at least from time to time. In this case, a University of Kansas researcher conducted a study and found that newer teachers are more likely to be engaged at their jobs than many of their senior colleagues. […]
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