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K-12 Education System as Jobs Program? Let’s Agree on Something Better 0
- October 24, 2012
In a lot of the debates Colorado has had about school funding (and more are sure to be had), the question lurking in the back of my mind is: What do we want our education system to be? What do we want it to do? Well, a new study from the Friedman Foundation for Educational […]
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Parent Trigger Concept Doesn’t Need Discrimination against For-Profit Operators 0
- October 23, 2012
A few weeks ago I shared with you about a “parent trigger” debate triggered by the release of the movie Won’t Back Down. In that discussion, New Schools for New Orleans’ Neerav Kingsland argued that “the best parent trigger is parent choice between non-governmental school operators.”
Yesterday another division erupted in the “parent trigger” discussion between […]
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Antonucci Deconstructs Chicago Teachers Union President’s Post-Strike Answers 0
- October 22, 2012
Call me lazy. Call me a copycat. Call me whatever you want (“sticks and stones,” and all that…). Just read this insightful piece by Mike Antonucci that unpacks the answers of Chicago Teachers Union president Karen Lewis in a post-strike retrospective interview. His piece reminds us that democracy applies more broadly than to union actions, […]
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Colo. Teachers Union Members Automatically Funding False, Malicious Political Ads 0
- October 18, 2012
Many Colorado teachers may be unknowingly funding a political group under government investigation and private legal complaint for creating multiple “negative ads were filled with outrageous and unfounded claims.”
An article by Colorado Media Trackers highlights the detestable activities of the 527 group Colorado Accountable Government Alliance (CAGA). The Colorado Education Association’s small donor “Public […]
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Backpack Funding Could Bridge Colorado’s K-12 Digital Learning Divide 0
- October 18, 2012
Checker Finn and Michael Horn take on the chicken-and-egg question: Will the transformative technology of digital learning unleash itself, or does major work need to be done overhauling K-12 policies and institutions first? Wherever you place the emphasis, at the end of this Education Next debate, we ought to be able to agree the time has come to let the money follow the student to the course level.
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Ridiculous: Mich. School Districts Defy Reform Law with $1 Teacher Bonuses 0
- October 17, 2012
Far too often the world of K-12 education seems like a venture into the ridiculous. Forget the sublime. Some of us would be happy with a handful of common sense. But there’s also a good practical lesson for school reformers in a new from Michigan Capitol Confidential story highlighting a couple school districts’ sarcastic approach […]
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