Charter schools perform well, continue to grow quickly
- August 26, 2016
With future Stapleton schools seemingly unaffordable for Denver Public Schools, many moms and dads in the booming neighborhood wonder where they will enroll their young children. Parent power and public-private partnerships offer some promising solutions.
READ MOREState lawmakers have stacked the deck against voters and their authority to decide how to fund local schools. Signed into law this spring by Governor Ritter, Senate Bill 291 weakens taxpayers’ rights by limiting voter options and evading the clear intent of the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights (TABOR) to provide reasonable limits on government growth.
READ MOREGiven the significant debt future generations are now obligated to repay, President Obama’s new “stimulus” law could be far better used to promote meaningful education reform in Colorado.
READ MOREColorado has a tremendous opportunity to lead the way in making public education a more truly public enterprise by pursuing policies that promote true financial transparency.
READ MOREIn picking Arne Duncan, President-elect Obama has sided with the reformers, putting children’s needs over grownups’ jobs.
READ MOREThis year brought the biggest electoral Democratic wave in more than three decades. Yet Colorado teachers union officials may have lost, rather than gained, political ground.
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