EDUCATION - K-12 Funding - Independence Institute

The Rest of the Story on School Funding, Minorities 0
- February 23, 2013
Recent reporting that appeared in The Gazette insists Colorado racial minorities are harmed by less school funding than many other states receive. However, the I-News Network’s selective peek at the facts misleads readers and distracts them from real promising solutions.
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Colo. Capitol Room Packed to Talk Student Backpack Funding 0
- December 11, 2012
On Thursday, December 6, a panel event co-sponsored by the Independence Institute packed a State Capitol committee room with 85 people to advance the discussion about how Colorado can embrace and implement backpack funding in future K-12 policy changes. Addressing an audience of educators, policymakers, and other citizens, four panelists shared some “outside-the-box” ideas on
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DeGrow Provides 9News Full Picture of Colorado K-12 Tax Funding 0
- November 2, 2012
On Thursday, November 1, senior education policy analyst Ben DeGrow talked with Denver 9News education reporter Nelson Garcia about the disputed use of figures to account for Colorado school funding. (Click either picture to access the original story.) “Colorado actually ranks closer to the middle than to the bottom,” DeGrow said. “You’ll see Colorado ranked
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DeGrow: Look at School vs. Household Budgets Calls for Productive Reforms 0
- October 2, 2012
A new Education Policy Center issue backgrounder shedding light on Colorado’s major local school tax elections has garnered media attention. In a new an American Family Radio News (One News Now) report, senior policy analyst Ben DeGrow told reporter Bob Kellogg that local budgets in major school districts seeking tax hikes have done better than
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Colorado K-12 Tax Hikes Challenged: Economy Squeezes Household Incomes Harder Than School Budgets 0
- September 27, 2012
Five of Colorado’s nine largest school districts have placed property tax hikes on the fall 2012 ballot. Over the past decade all five of the tax-proposing school districts have significantly grown spending on “current” operating costs. From 2005 to 2010, median household incomes in all five counties covered by the five districts fell short of per-pupil school tax revenues. Asking voters to increase property taxes this year may not be an easy task.
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Amy Oliver Show: Reforms vs. Tax Hikes in Jeffco Schools 0
- September 26, 2012
Sheila Atwell, executive director of Jeffco Students First Action, makes a case for greater accountability in Colorado’s largest school district. She explains why the Jeffco Public Schools 3A and 3B tax hike proposals represent a misguided approach that burdens homeowners and business owners without the promise of better results.
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