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Newsletter February 2 2012
Benigno Highlights Digital Learning Day on Amy Oliver Show
On the first-ever national Digital Learning Day, Education Policy Center director Pam Benigno appeared on AM 1310 KFKA’s Amy Oliver Show to discuss the Center’s new parent-friendly guide to Colorado’s online learning programs and the need for high-quality digital learning policy changes in our state. Click below to listen: [February 1, 2012, 10 AM Hour, […]
Happy Digital Learning Day, Colorado!
I’m still catching my breath from an amazingly successful National School Choice Week, including the Kids Aren’t Cars movie night put on by some of my friends right here in Denver.
And now today it’s the first-ever Digital Learning Day, centered at a site where you can participate in a live chat and watch a […]
Teacher’s Choice Video Celebrates Power of Options for Professional Educators
One of this website’s main themes is to celebrate — and to advertise — the various membership options available to Colorado teachers. In that spirit, the Association of American Educators and Choice Media TV have released the new 15-minute video Teacher’s Choice. This worthwhile, uplifting view profiles four teachers from different types of schools in […]
Colorado Has Made Some Progress, But a C for Teacher Policy Isn’t Good Enough
NCTQ’s new Teacher Policy Yearbook is out. While Colorado has made progress in some areas, especially related to evaluating teachers and dismissing ineffective instructors, we still have a ways to go in areas such as teacher preparation and paying educators based on performance rather than credentials. A C grade may be better than most states right now, but Colorado should aim for all As!
Independence Institute, Liberty on the Rocks Celebrate School Choice Week with Kids Aren’t Cars Movie
On Thursday, January 26, Liberty on the Rocks and the Independence Institute celebrated National School Choice Week by co-hosting a special event at the Independence Institute’s new Freedom Embassy in Denver. Attendees watched selected portions of the 2011 movie Kids Aren’t Cars. Afterward, the Education Policy Center’s Pam Benigno and Ben DeGrow shared some insights […]
Another School Choice Trifecta: Jared Polis, Bill Cosby, Ben DeGrow… Swish!
Since yesterday’s school choice trifecta was so successful, why not another one to help bring a smashing conclusion to National School Choice Week? We’re in the heart of basketball season — it’s not March Madness time yet — but still “trifecta” gets me thinking about making that long-range jumper for student-centered education reform:
Yesterday, Colorado’s U.S. […]
DeGrow Celebrates School Choice Week on Mike Rosen Show
In honor of National School Choice Week senior policy analyst Ben DeGrow spent an hour with Colorado’s most listened-to radio talk program, AM 850 KOA’s Mike Rosen Show. They discussed national progress in the school choice movement, the Douglas County Choice Scholarship Program, and other education reform issues. Click below to listen: [January 26, 2012, […]
School Choice Week Good News Trifecta: Nationwide, Arizona ESAs, Ohio Vouchers
While School Choice Week has me in a happy frenzy, it doesn’t leave me as much time for blogging. But in my few spare moments, I wanted to share a few timely developments fitting for this week’s big festivities:
The Alliance for School Choice has released the latest version of the School Choice Yearbook… The big […]
iNACOL’s Susan Patrick Guides Colorado Online Leaders in Crafting Digital Learning Policy Roadmap
On Monday, January 23, nearly 50 Colorado online education leaders and policy experts gathered at the Independence Institute’s new Freedom Embassy to help craft a roadmap of digital learning policy priorities for the state. School district and charter school online program personnel attended alongside representatives of policy organizations. Co-sponsored by the Independence Institute and Donnell-Kay […]
Foundation Gives High-Performing Poorer Denver Area Schools Cause to Celebrate
Today’s lead story at Ed News Colorado highlights the disparity in private parent and community giving within Denver Public Schools. Reporter Charlie Brennan notes that no school raked in more than the nearly $230,000 at Bromwell Elementary, a school with a low 8 percent study poverty rate. The general findings are no surprise, yet nonetheless […]
Get School Choice Juices Flowing: “Kids Aren’t Cars,” Parent Trigger II and Milk (!)
I can hardly believe that School Choice Week is already here. For my Colorado friends, remember that there are several great events between now and Saturday, especially a cool “Kids Aren’t Cars” movie night I hope you can come to.
Here in Colorado the legislature kicks off School Choice Week with the introduction of House […]
