EDUCATION - Radio & Podcasts - Independence Institute

Amy Oliver Show: Teachers Union Membership Drops, Dues Rate Climbs 0
- July 11, 2013
Tim Farmer, policy director for the Professional Association of Colorado Educators, discusses news that the National Education Association continues to lose members and is raising dues to help compensate for the loss. A recent legal decision upholding Michigan’s law preventing school districts from collecting union dues also generates conversation.
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Amy Oliver Show: New Statewide Online School Breaks Innovative Ground 0
- June 13, 2013
Falcon School District 49 innovation zone leader Kim McClelland discusses the newly-approved statewide Colorado Prep Online Academy, a K-12 school. Authorized by the Colorado Digital BOCES, the first to focus solely on high-quality digital learning, CPOA will provide both online and face-to-face instruction, including opportunities for concurrent enrollment.
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Amy Oliver Show: Colorado’s Charter School Law Turns 20 0
- June 4, 2013
Commemorating the 20th anniversary of Colorado’s groundbreaking Charter Schools Act, Education Policy Center director Pam Benigno reflects on the parental demand, political drama, and personal tragedy that make a colorful tale of how the law came to be.
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Amy Oliver Show: High Court Overturns Lobato School Funding Decision 0
- May 28, 2013
Senior education policy analyst Ben DeGrow and University of Colorado-Colorado Springs professor Joshua Dunn break down the Colorado Supreme Court’s landmark Lobato ruling. By a 4-2 margin, the Court overturned a 2011 decision that would have cost an additional $1.35 to $4.15 billion a year to fund K-12 education.
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Amy Oliver Show: Senator Says SB 213’s Extra Tax Dollars Not Needed 0
- May 22, 2013
Senator Scott Renfroe, Republican from Weld County, explains why he could not support Senate Bill 213 or its accompanying tax increase proposal, given the weakness of reforms and the availability of other existing budget funds.
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Amy Oliver Show: Too Much Tax, Too Little Reform in SB 213 0
- May 14, 2013
State Rep. Justin Everett, a conservative freshman legislator from Jefferson County, talks about serving in the minority party on the House Education Committee, his vision for education reform, and why he opposed SB 213, the school finance bill tied to a billion dollar tax increase proposal.
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