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School Choice Legislative Debates Spread Across Map; Time for Colorado Kids to Win 0
- March 5, 2014
The effort to recognize and support families with wider ranges of educational choices continues to move in different states (just not Colorado… for the moment). Empowering parents with options is one side of the coin to get parents motivated and engaged. And the research continues to show choice programs help improve results in what students […]
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More Time to Study the K-12 Testing Issue Would Be Greatly Beneficial 0
- March 3, 2014
I’m not sure whether to breathe a grateful sigh of relief, or to sit on the edge of my seat in curious anticipation. Maybe I can do both. Several weeks ago I told you about a possible approaching education reform collision, as the outside-the-box thinkers in Douglas County pushed a bill to give high-performing districts […]
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Three Online Learning Items Blended Together for Your Friday Enjoyment 0
- February 28, 2014
It’s Friday, time for my version of the Dagwood sandwich, the supreme pizza, or burrito with everything (please!). The only difference is this hodgepodge is going to be about online and blended learning. I’ll leave it up to you to find a way to “blend” all the pieces together before pouring some chili sauce on […]
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“Student Success Act” or “Dingelhoffer”, Let’s Make Bolder School Finance Proposal 0
- February 27, 2014
“What’s in a name?” Shakespeare’s Juliet famously asked. She had a point. If I decided to call a rose a dingelhoffer, it wouldn’t affect the beauty or scent of the flower in any way. Nor should we be distracted by the name given to Colorado’s finally released HB 1292, known as the Student Success Act. […]
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Choice Media: Experts Set President Straight on School Voucher Research Claims 0
- February 25, 2014
I know it’s kind of a cute novelty to have a little kid talk to the leader of the free world. It’s not surprising, though, that when I joined the Wall Street Journal‘s Jason Riley a few weeks ago in asking President Obama if he would set the record straight on how school choice has […]
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Give Me Colorado, Not California: A Tale of Two Teacher Tenure Court Cases 0
- February 20, 2014
“It was the best of education lawsuits, it was the worst of education lawsuits….” Well, not exactly. Some well-publicized legal action in California is trying to achieve a (much better) policy goal that runs counter to a Colorado lawsuit I’ve talked about before. Still, there is the fundamental problem of trying to change education policy […]
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