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Finding the Positives in Colorado’s Latest 3rd Grade Reading TCAP Results 0
- May 10, 2013
It’s that time of year again. I get to share some news and thoughts with you about the latest release of Colorado’s 3rd grade reading test results. We’re talking the “preliminary and unofficial” results from TCAP, the Transitional Colorado Assessment Program, formerly known as CSAP. As last year’s debate on HB 1238 (the Colorado READ […]
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A Tale of Two Surveys: Dougco Embraces Reform, Colo. Reluctant on New K-12 Taxes 0
- May 8, 2013
A great classic novel my big friends tell me I need to read someday starts with a famous line. I’m talking about Charles Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities: It was the best of times, it was the worst of times; it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness; it was […]
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Yes, Really! Blended Learning Great Reason to Appreciate AND Celebrate Teachers 0
- May 7, 2013
Happy National Teacher Appreciation Day! What better way to celebrate here than to talk about blended learning? I saw a few of you scratch your heads out there. But the national Digital Learning Now (DLN) group has blessed us with a new report titled Improving Conditions and Careers: How Blended Learning Can Improve the Teaching […]
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State Report Shows Colorado Public Charter Schools Outpacing Their Peers 0
- May 3, 2013
Having been long-winded the past couple days, I will keep this Friday posting short. But in case you missed it, please check out this week’s K-12 radio podcast interview, as Colorado League of Charter Schools president Jim Griffin breaks down the Colorado Department of Education (CDE)’s latest report on the state of charter schools. The […]
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More Than a May Day Coincidence: SB 213 Tax Hike and “Phantom” Funding Reform 0
- May 2, 2013
There are a few possible explanations for all those shouts of “May Day” Coloradans may have heard yesterday. Some might have been the annual calls for an imaginary workers’ paradise, while others might have been desperate pleas of displaced Texans and Californians calling for relief from the late-season snow. In my education policy wonk world, […]
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TELL-ing Dougco Results: Teacher Satisfaction Mostly High and Growing 0
- May 1, 2013
The latest results of Colorado’s TELL teacher survey are out, and reported satisfaction among Douglas County teachers is high and growing. The news is especially remarkable in light of the fact that in the past two years Dougco has expanded school choice, has ended the union contract, and is pushing ahead with a slate of ambitious performance-based innovation. Challenges lie ahead, but bold school reformers should be heartened.
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