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2023 Handbook on K-12 Policy Issues for Colorado School Board Members 0
- 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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Merit Academy: A Story of Perseverance 0
- May 8, 2023
Merit Academy: A Story of Perseverance tells the eventful story of how citizens in the small community of Woodland Park realized a gap in educational options. Determined to meet the needs of families, they worked against all odds so that families wouldn’t have to drive their children long distances to other communities. Read about Merit
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Public School Choice and Authorization in Colorado 0
- December 20, 2022
Colorado public school choice, while widespread, is limited by authorization processes and requirements that can be burdensome for new schools of choice, particularly when those processes involve hostile authorizing entities.
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Curriculum Transparency: A Must for Effective Parent-Teacher Partnerships 0
- April 29, 2022
Due to extended periods of virtual learning, heightened social tensions, and extensive media coverage of a variety of hot-button issues, parents have taken a keener interest in the business of their children’s education than at any other time in recent memory. Parents have demanded more access to information regarding which curricula schools adopt, which educational
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2021 Handbook on K-12 Issues for Colorado School Board Members 0
- November 2, 2021
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 smart, well-informed decisions in their school districts. As part of that effort, the Education Policy Center staff provide biennial education policy briefings to all interested school board candidates, regardless of political
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The Science of Reading: What Every Colorado School Board Member Should Know 0
- November 2, 2021
Local board of education members have the unique opportunity to impact each student enrolled in their district’s public schools. As leaders, they have the responsibility to hold their superintendents accountable for ensuring students become proficient readers. The Science of Reading: What Every Colorado School Board Member Should Know is designed to be an easy-to-understand guide
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