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Issue Papers

  • Establishing New Public Schools of Choice: An Alternative Pathway
    Establishing New Public Schools of Choice: An Alternative Pathway0
    • July 8, 2025

    Establishing New Public Schools of Choice: An Alternative Pathway highlights the role of educational service agencies, specifically Colorado’s Boards of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES), in authorizing alternative public schools of choice. The Education reEnvisioned BOCES (ERBOCES) is noted for its creation of brick-and-mortar schools, offering children additional educational opportunities. Yet, ERBOCES faced a legal challenge

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Issue Backgrounders

  • 2023 Handbook on K-12 Policy Issues for Colorado School Board Members
    2023 Handbook on K-12 Policy Issues for Colorado School Board Members0
    • October 16, 2023

    One of the Education Policy Center’s primary goals is to educate local education leaders about important education policy issues, thereby equipping them to make intelligent, well-informed decisions in their school districts. Biennially, we update our K-12 policy issues school board member handbook to provide leaders with historical and current information from a common-sense perspective on

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Opinion

Blog Posts

  • Liberty Common Charter School: Excellence in Education
    Liberty Common Charter School: Excellence in Education0
    • January 26, 2021

    In celebration of National School Choice Week, we are pleased to release our latest school profile. In Liberty Common Charter School: Excellence in Education, Senior Fellow in Education Policy Ross Izard shares the success of a Ft. Collins parent-led public charter school that meets the standard of excellence. Liberty Common K-8 students follow the content-rich Core Knowledge

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Other Publications

  • Establishing New Public Schools of Choice: An Alternative Pathway
    Establishing New Public Schools of Choice: An Alternative Pathway0
    • July 8, 2025

    Establishing New Public Schools of Choice: An Alternative Pathway highlights the role of educational service agencies, specifically Colorado’s Boards of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES), in authorizing alternative public schools of choice. The Education reEnvisioned BOCES (ERBOCES) is noted for its creation of brick-and-mortar schools, offering children additional educational opportunities. Yet, ERBOCES faced a legal challenge

    READ MORE