Studies Show Vouchers Help Kids, Schools; What About Research of Douglas County?
- March 23, 2011
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Opportunity Culture Promotes Smarter K-12 Spending through Teaching Enhancement0
- July 27, 2012
Edublogger extraordinaire Joanne Jacobs brought my attention to Opportunity Culture, a new website project of the group Public Impact. The idea? How to extend the reach of excellent teachers with innovative uses of time, space, technology and professional roles. Opportunity Culture has a smart group of people advising the project, and of course Public Impact […]
READ MOREWill Hick’s $10,000 from AFT Affect Dougco Intervention Decision?0
- July 26, 2012
Five weeks have passed since the Douglas County Federation of Teachers (DCFT) filed a request with the Colorado Department of Labor to intervene and protect the union’s monopoly power. The clock is still ticking. What is Hick going to do? Labor Department executive director Ellen Golombek’s longstanding ties to the AFL-CIO — the DCFT’s mother union — have been well established. But ultimately the decision rests with her boss, Governor John Hickenlooper.
READ MOREHarvard Study Puts Three States on Medal Stand for Boosting K-12 Achievement0
- July 26, 2012
The latest edition of the Olympic Games is almost here (who else do you know who gets to live through two different Summer Olympics at age 5?), so what better time to hand out some figurative medals to states for K-12 student learning success? A new Harvard study by Eric Hanushek, Paul Peterson, and Ludger […]
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A Good Balance? Louisiana Brings New Kind of Accountability to Voucher Schools0
- July 25, 2012
Choice and accountability are two words you’ll hear my Education Policy Center friends say quite a bit if you’re around them enough. Empowering families with a broader range of educational options, and providing transparent information about — and real consequences for — a school ’s learning results, are two general principles they and I regularly […]
READ MORETime to Revisit the Need for Serious Cost-Saving K-12 Reforms in Colorado0
- July 24, 2012
In Education Next, Nevada state superintendent James Guthrie and co-author Elizabeth Ettema argue that U.S. schools face a prolonged period without historic per-pupil funding increases. The time remains ripe for Colorado K-12 leaders to develop a performance-based school finance system and to help forge a path that can be followed to promising innovations like blended learning and merit pay.
READ MOREIndiana Teacher Case Should Unsettle Colorado Union Foes of Member Options0
- July 23, 2012
Colorado union leaders succeeded in killing this year’s House Bill 1333, a proposal that would have granted teachers the ability to opt in or out of union membership with 30 days notice. Yes, they hung their opposition on the pathetic “local control” argument. And they have to be hoping the issue just goes away.
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