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850 KOA's Mike Rosen Cites Center Research Data to Make Case against Prop 1030
- October 20, 2011
Writing in his weekly Denver Post column, leading local conservative commentator Mike Rosen cited research tabulated by the Education Policy Center’s senior policy analyst to show the large-scale changes in Colorado K-12 funding over the last decade: Complaints that public education spending in Colorado has been slashed in recent years conveniently ignore the big picture.
READ MOREProposition 103: More Tax Dollars for Schools Makes No Sense0
- October 5, 2011
Do you want government to throw even more of your tax dollars at Colorado teachers unions and their pet politicians, or do you actually want better education for Colorado children? Proposition 103 is about throwing money. Sponsored by Sen. Rollie Heath (D-Boulder), and endorsed by Colorado’s largest teachers union, the initiative would increase income tax rates by 8.0% and sales tax rates by 3.4% — both for five years. But decades of increasing school funding has not increased student test scores.
READ MOREDeGrow Criticizes Tax Hike Proposal for Education Funding0
- September 13, 2011
Senior policy analyst Ben DeGrow’s commentary on a Colorado education tax hike proposal is featured this week on American Family Radio News (One News Now). DeGrow explained to reporter Bob Kellogg that Proposition 103 — a ballot proposal sponsored by State Senator Rollie Heath (D – Boulder) to raise sales and income taxes for the
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Ben DeGrow Advocates for Innovation, More Productive Education Spending on 9News Your Show0
- August 30, 2011
Senior policy analyst Ben DeGrow appeared on Denver’s 9News Your Show with State Senator Rollie Heath to discuss the state of education funding and Senator Heath’s Proposition 103, a ballot initiative designed to increase state income and sales tax rates. A link is provided to the video on the 9 News site.
READ MOREHanushek Connection: Lobato Testimony, Funding Research, Waiting for “Superman”0
- August 26, 2011
National education expert Dr. Eric Hanushek was in Denver this week to testify in Colorado’s Lobato court hearing about the lack of correlation between increased K-12 funding and academic results. His appearance brings to mind two timely connections: Our own Ben DeGrow cited Hanushek’s school funding research (though not by name) on air for this Sunday’s episode of Your Show. And Hanushek is one of the experts featured in the acclaimed education film, Waiting for “Superman,” which will show at the Independence Institute on Tuesday, September 13.
READ MORELobato Case Round 2 Starts Today: Of Adequacy, Taxes, Graphs and Rational Bases0
- August 1, 2011
Senior policy analyst Ben DeGrow shares with the Colorado Springs Gazette his comments on the court overseeing school finance and tax policy, as the five-week district court hearing in the Lobato school funding case gets underway.
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