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Amy Oliver Show: Veteran Educators Take On K-12 Sacred Elephants 0
- February 19, 2015
Veteran educators and Sacred Elephants co-authors Karen Harvey and Donna Nicholson share their diagnosis of what’s ailing our schools and offer solutions to get us back on the right path.
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Keeping the Conversation Going: Independence Institute’s New National School Choice Week Video 0
- February 12, 2015
I’ve spent a lot of time at the Colorado State Capitol over the last month or so. Committee hearings, meetings, awkward hallway loitering—you name it, this little guy has done it. But by far the most fun I’ve had under the golden dome was the National School Choice Week rally last month. I hope you […]
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Video: Colorado Celebrates School Choice Week 2015 0
- February 12, 2015
On January 26, 2015, a diverse group of students, parents, teachers, and school leaders gathered at the Colorado State Capitol in Denver to kick off National School Choice Week. Featured speakers – including a K-12 scholarship recipient, former school board member, high school teacher, and Democratic and Republican state legislators – highlighted the power of
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New ESA Momentum Could Make 2015 “Year of School Choice: Part II”0
- February 10, 2015
One bit of wisdom I’ve gleaned in my young life is that when it comes to movies, the sequel is most often not as good as the original. There are exceptions, yes, but it’s a good rule of thumb. When it comes to education policy, though, I fully hope and expect the trend to be […]
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Overcoming the Gloom, Focusing on the Sunshine of #SchoolChoice 0
- February 6, 2015
Well, the Brookings Institution this week released its latest edition of the Education Choice and Competition Index. Might I add the acronym ECCI (ecky?), awash in a sea of edu-acronyms through which yours truly has to doggy paddle day after day, is just a bit too much fun to say. And say. And say again. […]
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Today’s Policy Field Trip to Senate Ed and the Discussion to Come 0
- February 6, 2015
As you all know, I love policy field trips. And I especially love those field trips when they are about something as fun as school choice. Maybe that’s why I had so much fun at today’s Senate Education hearing. Well, the very end of it, anyway; I showed up a little late. My little legs […]
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