Ross Izard, Author at Independence Institute

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- Constitution
- February 21, 2024
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Notice to Readers from Rob Natelson 0
- Constitution, CONSTITUTION - Supreme Court
- February 10, 2022
Salon.com issued a defamatory article it has refused to correct.
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The Rise of K-12 Blended Learning in Colorado 0
- EDUCATION - Issue Papers, EDUCATION - Online Education
- July 17, 2013
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.
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How Federal Programs Support Private K-12 Students and Teachers 0
- Education, EDUCATION - Federal K-12 Programs and Funding, EDUCATION - Issue Papers, EDUCATION - School Choice
- March 14, 2019
Despite the widely held misconception that private schools are barred from all forms of taxpayer-funded support, the federal government has long recognized the need to support nonpublic school students and staff nationwide. Federal law requires that these schools have access to a number of federally funded “equitable services” through their local school districts. There are
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Educational opportunity is a family-wide benefit 0
- Education, EDUCATION - School Choice, The Hill
- June 4, 2018
How does expanded educational opportunity impact families in terms of expectations, habits, and aspirations? This central question too often gets lost in purely data-driven debates about private school choice programs. Given the early evidence, perhaps it is time to change that. Longstanding public policy debates often begin to take on a strange feeling of deja
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Montana high court set to rule on state’s discrimination against religious schools 0
- Education, EDUCATION - School Choice, The Hill
- March 27, 2018
The ignominious death of a critical educational choice case at the hands of a newly elected school board majority in Colorado dealt a serious blow to disadvantaged students nationwide. However, the debate about Blaine Amendments goes on. Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue, a similar case in Montana, will get its day in court on
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Off the Beaten Trail: A Profile of Two Rural Colorado Private Schools 0
- EDUCATION - Colorado School Profiles, EDUCATION - Publications, EDUCATION - School Choice
- January 16, 2018
In “Off the Beaten Trail,” Senior Fellow in Education Policy Ross Izard ventures out to the western side of Colorado to visit two rural private schools for his next profile.
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