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AFT’s Randi Weingarten Steps Forward as Face of Opposition to Bold Dougco Reforms0
- October 4, 2012
Lucky Colorado. Yesterday the president of the nation’s second-largest teachers union paid a visit. Ed News Colorado reports that while AFT’s Randi Weingarten stopped in to tout an innovative school nutrition program at Denver’s Cole Arts and Science Academy, she also used her big political stick to bash the Douglas County school board:
“This is what’s […]
READ MOREWant to Improve K-12 Productivity? Avoid Baumol’s Disease Like Plague0
- October 3, 2012
It’s not uncommon for me to tell you about the great need for public schools to spend dollars more productively. A recent brief, colorful paper written by my Education Policy Center friend Ben DeGrow makes the point with some great local significance for school districts asking voters for tax increases this fall.
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But, you may ask, […]Won’t Back Down Movie Makes Cool Kids of Education Reformers Like Me0
- October 2, 2012
The premiere of the education reform feature film Won’t Back Down has stirred protests from teachers union protests. But in his review for Ed News Colorado, senior education policy analyst Ben DeGrow hails the movie’s powerful message: “We will not wait.” On a fun note, the film — starring past Oscar nominees Maggie Gyllenhaal and Viola Davis and former Oscar winner Holly Hunter — demonstrates that education reform themes and issues have entered the mainstream.
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NY High School Success Calls for Look at Old-Fashioned Writing Instruction0
- October 1, 2012
Some of you out there probably think I’m starting to get lazy. Just pick out an education-themed article and point you two it, then head along on my way. But this one I couldn’t resist. A new piece in The Atlantic magazine by Peg Tyre gets at the nitty-gritty of learning and knowledge through telling […]
READ MORE“Parent Trigger” Debate Triggered as Won’t Back Down Movie Opens in Colorado0
- September 27, 2012
I’m getting too excited to wait much longer. Tonight is the special Colorado screening of Won’t Back Down, the new feature movie about empowering parents to improve failing schools. Put simply, it brings the “Parent Trigger” reform concept to the big screen.
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So as you look forward to catching the movie, either tonight or when it […]Is This Conservative Alternative to Federal Education Policy Just Too Sensible?0
- September 25, 2012
Four months ago, while introducing you to the education policy blueprint of a major party presidential candidate, I noted that one of the hardest areas in which “it might be hard to make a contrast” between Obama and Romney is K-12 education.
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Every time one of these major national elections comes up, serious questions and debates […]
