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School Choice Programs Growing Fast; Kansas Looks Like Next State to Join 0
- April 8, 2014
If 2011 was christened the Year of School Choice, what should we call 2013? At the time that year dawned, I worried that it wouldn’t exactly be smooth sailing. But given the recent news headlined by the release of the Alliance for School Choice’s annual yearbook, it must be that even my young, healthy eyes […]
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Jeffco Board Makes More Money Follow Students, Brings a Jan Brady Smile 0
- April 7, 2014
Once upon a time, say two years ago, I felt the heat for focusing a lot of extra attention on a certain large school district between Denver and Colorado Springs. You could almost hear a number of nearby Jan Bradys crying out in frustration: “Dougco, Dougco, Dougco!” Back then I said: But hey, don’t complain […]
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Yes, Fordham, Colorado School Boards Matter; Let’s Encourage True Local Control 0
- April 3, 2014
A long, long two-and-a-half years ago I shared with you my thoughts about school boards going the way of the horse and buggy. The article written by education reform senior statesman Checker Finn prompted me to weigh in: Unlike many other areas of education reform, this is one in which Colorado would not figure to […]
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New Independence Institute Ownership? Goodbye, Eddie; Hello, Little Ed Koch 0
- April 1, 2014
Change is hard, especially when you’ve been 5 years old for so long like I have. But it can be good, too. Some of you may have seen today’s important news release from the Independence Institute about their new arrangement: Under the terms of the agreement the Koch brothers have invested an undisclosed amount of […]
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Colorado Ranks 21st in Per-Pupil Spending (and Other New Numbers from the NEA)0
- March 31, 2014
The month of March is getting ready to go out. Not exactly sure it’s like a lamb. But there is one report released this month that some in Colorado’s education-industrial complex would just as soon see put out to pasture. The National Education Association has released its annual “Rankings and Estimates” publication, which compares the […]
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Filling In a Few Compelling Reasons to Go Watch Jeffco Open Union Negotiations 0
- March 28, 2014
What a difference six weeks can make! When I last focused in on happenings at Jeffco schools, the local teachers union had taken its political spectacle from the boardroom to the classroom. Meanwhile, the school board moved ahead discussing its priorities and engaging the community in a search for a new superintendent. It was good […]
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