EDUCATION - K-12 Funding - Independence Institute

DeGrow Points Out Late Challenges for Amendment 66 Tax Hike 0
- November 5, 2013
As decision day for Colorado’s Amendment 66 approaches, senior education policy analyst Ben DeGrow talked with national reporters about the serious challenges of persuading voters to adopt a billion-dollar tax increase. Associated Press reporter Kristin Wyatt quoted his “confident” reaction: “They’re starting out with a huge financial advantage, but they are pushing a boulder uphill
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Benigno Tells 9 News Viewers: Let’s Raise Expectations, Not Taxes 0
- October 28, 2013
On the October 25 edition of Denver’s 9 News, Education Policy Center director Pam Benigno explained why Colorado’s billion-dollar income tax hike to fund K-12 education doesn’t guarantee better results: Benigno and the Independence Institute are against the passage of Amendment 66. She says history shows improving schools is more closely related to a change
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Grand Junction TV News Cites Institute Research on Amendment 66 0
- October 17, 2013
On an October 16 broadcast of KKCO 11 News in Grand Junction, a story featured research from the Independence Institute issue backgrounder “Amendment 66: Unfair and Overpriced” and comments from senior policy analyst Ben DeGrow to highlight the impact the billion-dollar statewide education tax proposal will have on many rural Colorado schools: If Amendment 66
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Amy Oliver Show: Amendment 66 Can’t Deliver Promises, Spreads the Wealth 0
- October 3, 2013
Ben DeGrow debunks promises made in ads supporting the Amendment 66 education tax hike, and talks about how the measure redistributes income tax dollars from some rural Weld County districts to Greeley.
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Gazette Story Highlights Union Maneuver around Tax Hike Election 0
- September 23, 2013
Independence Institute’s senior education policy analyst was quoted in a September 22 Colorado Springs Gazette story about union political maneuvers around Amendment 66, the statewide education tax increase proposal. The article by Megan Schrader highlights an August 26 State Board of Education decision extending the deadline to file suit against Colorado’s 2010 tenure and evaluation
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Tax Hike Won’t Deliver on its Promise 0
- September 9, 2013
Many Coloradans share a strong commitment to improving students’ educational opportunities and outcomes. However, Amendment 66 offers little hope of getting us there.
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