Curriculum Transparency: A Must for Effective Parent-Teacher Partnerships
- April 29, 2022
EDUCATION – Issue Papers
- Home
- EDUCATION – Issue Papers
A Scholarship Tax Credit Program for Colorado0
- January 5, 2015
Scholarship tax credits increase the opportunity for K-12 students to access non-public educational options. Such a tax code modification increases the incentive for persons and businesses to contribute funds to qualified non-profit scholarship granting organizations. In turn, the organizations use most of the incoming funds to assist low- and middle-income families with private school tuition expenses. Colorado policymakers should give careful consideration to providing many of the state’s families an important benefit through the adoption of scholarship tax credits.
READ MORESchool District Partnerships Help Colorado K-12 Blended Learning Take Flight0
- July 16, 2014
This paper focuses on system-wide blended learning efforts in three Front Range school districts and a group of rural districts in the San Luis Valley. The report also provides a list of state and national resources for schools and districts looking to implement blended learning techniques on a limited or system-wide basis and questions to consider prior to starting. Blended learning implementation in Falcon School District 49, Greeley-Evans School District 6, St. Vrain Valley School District, and in the San Luis Valley varies from the degree of centralization to the use of partner organizations to how districts are building on existing resources.
READ MORE
The Rise of K-12 Blended Learning in Colorado0
- July 17, 2013
Online tools combined with face-to-face instruction create what is known as blended learning. Effective integration of technology can allow more efficient use of instructional time and save schools money. Colorado is well positioned to implement and test blended learning programs on a larger scale. Charter and district public schools have begun to implement blended learning models and have seen promising results.
READ MOREOn the Road of Innovation: Colorado’s Charter School Law Turns 200
- June 2, 2013
In 1993 Colorado became the third state to adopt charter school legislation. Born out of frustration with lackluster school performance and limited options, the Charter Schools Act resulted from the hard work and dedication of many parents, educators, and political leaders. Careful and colorful recollections from many active, influential figures combine with other original sources to highlight the foundation and origins of the Act.
READ MOREOnline Course-Level Funding: Toward Colorado Secondary Self-Blended Learning Options0
- May 16, 2012
Many Colorado secondary students may benefit from greater opportunity to take a number of traditional face-to-face classes and digital courses simultaneously. Students’ ability to “self-blend” courses in this manner is hampered by school district control of per-pupil funding and course options. Following the national Digital Learning Council’s guidelines, Colorado should alter the K-12 education funding system to enable greater student access to effective online course options.
READ MORE
Featured Videos
The ABCs of OBE: Whats Wrong with 'Outcome Based Education'
- January 1, 1994
Public School Choice and Authorization in Colorado
- December 20, 2022