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New Colorado Report Reveals Public School Open Enrollment Trends 0
- November 13, 2018
Colorado has been a leader in public school choice for decades. Legislative bills to allow students to cross neighborhood school zones and school district boundaries were first introduced in the late 1980s. Legislation passed in 1990 and 1994 to open the doors to a new public school choice frontier. Ready Colorado, an education reform organization,
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New Teacher Evaluation Systems are Improving Student Outcomes 0
- November 6, 2018
[This article was originally posted by little Eddie on our education blog, EdIsWatching.org] An October 2018 report examines how initially controversial teacher evaluation systems have led to improved student outcomes. The report, Making a Difference: Six Places where Teacher Evaluation Systems are Getting Results was published by the National Council on Teacher Quality. The study
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Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Releases Report on Colorado’s Blaine Clauses 0
- October 4, 2018
A newly released report entitled “The Colorado Constitution’s No Aid To Sectarian Institutions Clause and its Impact on Civil Rights,” examines the origins of the Colorado Constitution’s No Aid Clause (known as Blaine Amendments), and the historical and modern applications. The report was authored by members of the Colorado Advisory Committee to the U.S. Civil
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Research Indicates that Amendment 73 will not Improve Educational Outcomes 0
- September 27, 2018
Amendment 73 proposes an income, corporate, and property tax hike to raise money for K-12 public education. Academic economist, Dr. Linda Gorman, commented in her thorough analysis of the 1.6 billion-dollar tax increase that there is no guarantee that increased spending will lead to additional educational opportunities. Furthermore, the amendment would end protections against continuous
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Basis Charter School Network Tops US News Best High School Rankings 0
- September 14, 2018
Charter schools continue to offer exceptional education opportunities. The Arizona centered BASIS charter school network sweeps the top five national high school rankings in the US News & Reports Annual Ranking. BASIS charter schools have no admission requirements and openly accepts students based on a random lottery system due to the high demand for the
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Let’s Celebrate National Employee Freedom Week!0
- August 23, 2018
This week is National Employee Freedom Week and there is certainly reason to celebrate! On June 27, 2018 the U.S. Supreme Court released hundreds of thousands of non-union public employees from the burden of paying agency fees via the Janus v. AFSCME decision. A new 2018 National Employee Freedom Week survey revealed that 51% of
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