Think Outside the Box, Young Man: Greeley Takes Interest in K-12 Innovation
There’s a growing appetite to change the way schools run and learning is delivered at the local level. The forward-thinking innovative programs of Douglas County and Falcon 49 have raised interest in a number of areas. One of those school districts is Greeley 6 in northern Colorado, which my Education Policy Center friend Ben DeGrow […]
Devil’s Advocate: Blended Learning Rises in Colorado
Education senior fellow Krista Kafer explains how blended learning helps students access the best of both digital technology and professional instruction. Her new issue paper highlights Colorado’s growing number of 21st century district and charter school innovations.
Devil’s Advocate: Tax Credits for Colorado K-12 Education
Education Policy Center director Pam Benigno discusses the case for scholarship tax credits in Colorado as a way to give low- and middle-income students more educational options.
Greeley Public Schools: Learning Reimagined
Yielding unacceptable results for a challenging population of nearly 20,000 enrolled students while receiving nearly $9,000 per student, leaders in Greeley Public Schools face a timely opportunity to transform the district’s educational approach, to successfully reimagine learning and the surrounding systems and infrastructure.
Adams 12 Doesn’t Need to Remain the Misreported Media Punching Bag
Let the head-scratching commence. If you read this article by Yesenia Robles in today’s Denver Post, you’d think that Adams 12 school district had been hoarding money and just started to fix the problem, thanks to the watchful eye of the teachers union: After a year of deflecting accusations of questionable and unethical budget practices, […]
07/18/13
Education Policy Center Newsletter July 18, 2013
— TV Alert: Benigno Tackles Tuition Tax Credits
— TV Alert (Cont.): Kafer Touts New Blended Learning Report
— Center Exposes 49th in Education Funding Fallacy… Again
— Read, Watch, or Listen to Learn Colo. Charter School History
— Center Spreads Word for Employee Freedom Week
— Easy as 1-2-3: Eddie Debunks Anti-Dougco Myths
Indiana is Inspirational, But Let’s Not Just Dream about More Colorado School Choice
I work hard to spread the word about options and innovations in education. But once in awhile, the summertime heat provides a great chance to sit back and dream, too. Today I dreamed that this Herald Bulletin article, “Parents have more school choices,” was appearing in a Colorado newspaper: With an expansion approved by the […]
The Rise of K-12 Blended Learning in Colorado
Online tools combined with face-to-face instruction create what is known as blended learning. Effective integration of technology can allow more efficient use of instructional time and save schools money. Colorado is well positioned to implement and test blended learning programs on a larger scale. Charter and district public schools have begun to implement blended learning models and have seen promising results.
Jeffco Schools Earns Unwelcome Financial Distinction from State Ed Department
Danger, Will Robinson… danger! Ed News Colorado today brings our attention to the latest edition of the state education department’s “Fiscal Health Analysis of Colorado School Districts.” Agency workers take a look at five key indicators to see if a school board is undertaking risks that lead a district into financial stress. This year, 48 […]
Scholarship Tax Credits and the Bizarre Scapegoating of Corporate Philanthropy
The education establishment in Alabama doesn’t seem to have recovered from the big blindside victory for kids four months ago, when the state adopted a scholarship tax credit program. It’s made for a lot of fodder in the local media, including today’s gem from the Times Daily Montgomery Bureau: Several [state board of education] members […]
Amy Oliver Show: Teachers Union Membership Drops, Dues Rate Climbs
Tim Farmer, policy director for the Professional Association of Colorado Educators, discusses news that the National Education Association continues to lose members and is raising dues to help compensate for the loss. A recent legal decision upholding Michigan’s law preventing school districts from collecting union dues also generates conversation.
Somebody’s Got to Expose the Tax Hikers’ “49th in Education Funding” Deception
Proponents seeking voter signatures to raise Colorado income taxes nearly $1 billion a year to fund a new school finance formula have dredged up an old misleading statistic. Consider the completely outdated and fabricated number debunked again. Doesn’t it seem ironic that Colorado Commits tax hike supporters appeal to ignorance to collect more money for education?
