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Denver Post Adds a Little Institute Balance to School Tax Hike Coverage 0
- October 16, 2012
When you’re a Colorado reporter looking for a somewhat different point of view on major local school tax increases, where do you go? Karen Auge shows that she read my Education Policy Center friend Ben DeGrow’s concise new paper “Colorado K-12 Tax Hikes Challenged” in her story’s third paragraph as she covered the issue in […]
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Dougco Moving Forward with Bold Innovations to Performance Pay, Evaluation 0
- October 12, 2012
A quick Friday hit, thanks to Ed News Colorado, as the local Douglas County paper highlights the reform-minded school board’s progress in implementing performance pay and related upgrades to teacher policies:

While pay for performance isn’t new in Douglas County, the program still under development pushes aside the traditional pay system based on years of experience […]
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Colorado Isn’t Alone in Considering School Finance Reform “Grand Bargain”0
- October 11, 2012
I’ve shared with you before my concerns about the work of Colorado’s School Finance Partnership — too weighted down by established interests, too vague and unambitious thus far, etc.
The Partnership put out a report in August, but now is transitioning to a series of technical discussions on how to make effective changes to school […]
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Will Modern Skyview Campus, Choice Set Stage for Mapleton Academic Success?0
- October 9, 2012
Yesterday I shared some thoughts about how a growing Brighton district with some crowded schools might find some creative solutions to its problem. While securing safe, functional and adequate facilities is a high priority for some school districts, others can bask gratefully in their new quarters and hopefully focus even more on the mission of […]
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Could Crowded Brighton Schools (More Comfortably) Think Outside the Box?0
- October 8, 2012
A Denver Post Your Hub story from last week by Joey Kirchmer chronicles some growing pains in Brighton School District:
Brighton High School and Prairie View High School are at or over capacity this school year, which has forced administrators to turn to outdoor modular classrooms, roaming teachers and possibly start looking at a split-schedule system.

Around […]
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Where Exactly Can Denver Public Schools Save Money in Its Budget?0
- October 5, 2012
Last week my Education Policy Center friend Ben DeGrow came out with a short, fun, and kid-friendly paper called “Colorado K-12 Tax Hikes Challenged.” The paper looked at five large school districts asking voters for more tax funds on this fall’s ballot: Jefferson County, Denver, Cherry Creek, Aurora, and St. Vrain Valley.
DeGrow acknowledged that these […]
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