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Odds & Ends: Big Easy Goes All-Charter; Upgrading School Report Cards 0
- May 30, 2014
It’s Friday, and it’s my blog. So if I want to cover two topics in a single post, well… I hope you like it. This story from Wednesday’s Washington Post was too significant to pass up. Lyndsey Layton reports that the last five traditional public schools in New Orleans close down this week, making the […]
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Past Jeffco Superintendent Hires Shine Light on McMinimee Process 0
- May 29, 2014
I was sitting on grandpa’s lap Tuesday night when mom let out an exasperated sigh. Unusually, it had nothing to do with me failing to clean up after dinner or leaving my Legos on the living room floor. No, as a good active and concerned mom would do, she was watching the Tweets coming out […]
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New “Research” Pitting Public vs. Private Schools Leaves Bad Smell 0
- May 28, 2014
In the world of education policy, there’s limited research with shaky conclusions. There’s highly questionable research with sketchier conclusions. Then there’s the findings in the new book The Public School Advantage by Christopher and Sarah Lubienski. The authors not only seek to make the case that traditional public schools outperform private schools, but attempt to […]
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A Year without Lobato Means Another School Finance Case Looms in Colorado 0
- May 27, 2014
Life here in Colorado just isn’t the same without a pending school finance lawsuit. For about eight years, the Lobato case lingered in the background — sometimes drearily, sometimes dramatically — as students and teachers, principals and parents, school boards and state lawmakers went about the work associated with their various roles in the K-12 […]
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Hoping for Better than Political School Finance Kumbayah Next Year 0
- May 23, 2014
It’s that time of year in Colorado. I’m not talking about the crazy weather, with all the wind, rain, and hail. No, I mean schools are getting out, graduations are taking place seemingly every day, and (hooray!) summer vacation is here at last. It’s also time for politicians to take a victory lap on the […]
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Arizona, Florida ESAs Show How Colorado Could Help Kids Like Nathan 0
- May 22, 2014
A couple months ago I was going wild and crazy (in a good way) with the news that the Arizona Supreme Court upheld the fabulous and liberating Empowerment Scholarship Accounts (ESAs). We remember a very important reason why a cutting-edge program like this one is so great when we hear directly from the families who […]
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