Even This Post Might Be Too Much Attention on Common Core Debate
The reason I rarely write about Common Core is the same reason why I’m writing about it today. Huh, you say? America’s fourth most influential Edu-Scholar Eric Hanushek makes a persuasive case in U.S. News: Policymakers and reform advocates alike have rallied around introducing a set of national content standards, suggesting that this will jump-start […]
Of Course, I Can’t Talk about Anything but the Amendment 66 Billion-Dollar Tax Hike
Blah, blah, blah, the whiny voice said to me. All you ever talk about is Amendment 66! Well, come on. Look. It’s been two days since the last time I wrote about it, but there are even new developments since then. Since it’s Friday afternoon, count yourself fortunate that I’m just going to dish it […]
Grand Junction TV News Cites Institute Research on Amendment 66
On an October 16 broadcast of KKCO 11 News in Grand Junction, a story featured research from the Independence Institute issue backgrounder “Amendment 66: Unfair and Overpriced” and comments from senior policy analyst Ben DeGrow to highlight the impact the billion-dollar statewide education tax proposal will have on many rural Colorado schools: If Amendment 66 […]
Greeley’s Pro-Amendment 66 Fliers Come Up Short on Eddie’s Truth Check
‘Tis the season for the DVR in our house. Political ads are back in Colorado, including ones making wildly exaggerated promises about Amendment 66. You know, the billion-dollar statewide tax increase allegedly “for the kids.” Thankfully, some local TV journalists have been willing to look under the hood of the Rube Goldberg proposal and call […]
There’s Something to Be Said for Flipping Not Just Classrooms, But Whole Schools
You may not know what blended learning is. You probably can’t recite all the different categories of blended learning — though you would stand a better chance if you had read Krista Kafer’s paper on The Rise of K-12 Blended Learning in Colorado. One particular passage in Kafer’s paper highlights the rise of a particular […]
Devil’s Advocate: Fighting for School Choice in the Courtroom
The Goldwater Institute’s Clint Bolick talks about his rich experiences fighting for school choice and other key freedoms in the courtroom, also commenting on the Douglas County Choice Scholarship Program and scholarship tax credits.
Amendment 66 Hurts Colorado Economy, But “Where’s the Beef?” on Reform
Following the Independence Institute’s own analysis of the economic harms the Amendment 66 billion-dollar tax hike would inflict, the Common Sense Policy Roundtable has released a long-term forecast that shows “without substantial improvement in student performance, Amendment 66 is drag on the Colorado economy.” The second in the pair of studies sought to estimate how […]
Sign Up for Free Online Course to Learn More about Blended Learning
What would it be like to be the youngest person (by far) in a class? Would the situation be better if the class were a virtual one? Well, count me in, or at least count some of my Education Policy Center friends in for this free opportunity from the Clayton Christensen Institute: There’s plenty of […]
Where Do School Board Candidates Stand on Collecting Union Political Dues?
We are now well into the silly season of school board campaigning, but the union leaders displaced from Douglas County sure are taking matters seriously. More than a year ago, the American Federation of Teachers lost its monopoly bargaining power when the collective bargaining agreement expired. But as the Colorado Observer reports, their union rivals […]
Amy Oliver Show: Amendment 66 Can’t Deliver Promises, Spreads the Wealth
Ben DeGrow debunks promises made in ads supporting the Amendment 66 education tax hike, and talks about how the measure redistributes income tax dollars from some rural Weld County districts to Greeley.
Louisiana Choice Reduces Segregation: Why Is Justice Department Attacking It?
Tomorrow my Education Policy Center friends are hosting a Brown Bag lunch with special guest speaker Clint Bolick. He’s a big time pro-school choice attorney who right now is helping low-income families in Louisiana whose educational civil rights are under attack by the U.S. Department of Justice. Why the attack? The Feds say the program […]
10/03/13
Education Policy Center Newsletter October 3, 2013
— Report Highlights Transformational Dougco Model
— Join Us Friday for “Defending Educational Civil Rights”
— Unions Fund Amendment 66 while Threatening Reform
— K-12 Tax Credit Coalition Begins to Take Root
— Prosperity, Health, and Humor: Podcast and Blog Roundup
