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National School Choice Week Simply Means More Reasons to Celebrate 0
- February 1, 2013
I’m sad to see a successful School Choice Week winding down. There are almost too many different options of what to blog about. Rather than exercise a choice and just do one of the items, I’ve decided instead to blitz you with a bunch of neat items to bring to your attention: Of course, don’t […]
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A Couple More Weeks of Waiting for School Finance “Grand Bargain” Details 0
- January 31, 2013
Back in early December my Education Policy Center friends helped put on a State Capitol event, laying out ideas for dramatic “backpack funding” reforms that need to be at the heart of this year’s keystone school finance debates. We’ve been waiting awhile now to see what Senator Johnston’s “Grand Bargain” legislation might look like. I […]
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On This Measure of Charter School Laws, Colorado Ranks 4th… Not Bad 0
- January 30, 2013
Keep those education policy grades a-rollin’ in! Not even two weeks since I shared with you that the Center for Education Reform placed Colorado 10th nationally for the strength of its charter school law, here comes another rating. The ever-growing National Alliance for Public Charter Schools (NAPCS) has released its fourth annual ranking of state […]
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It’s Hard to Get Beyond Emotion in Legislative Debates on School Safety 0
- January 29, 2013
School safety is a big deal. I don’t write a lot about it, partly because big people say I’m not “mature” enough yet to understand it all. But after hearing one of my Education Policy Center friends interview a school board member about a legislative bill he supports, I had to put a little something […]
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Climb (Dance & Tweet) Aboard the National School Choice Week Train with Me 0
- January 25, 2013
National School Choice Week is almost here! This year the big celebration, spotlighted by a national cross-country Whistle Stop Tour, features more than 1,000 events from coast to coast. Denver events include two education reform movie showings (including one in Spanish) and a discussion about how school choice affects teachers. You also can learn the School Choice Week flash mob dance, and join in the big Tweet Up.
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Yes, Colorado Has Lots of Room to Improve How We Prepare Teachers for Job 0
- January 24, 2013
It sure seems like Colorado education policies are getting graded quite a bit these days. Last week we earned a B from the Center for Education Reform for the quality of our charter school law, which placed us in the top 10 among states. Two weeks ago Students First looked at a whole range of […]
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