EDUCATION - School Choice - Independence Institute

Shouldn’t Dougco Score Higher on Brookings’ Choice and Competition Index?0
- January 9, 2014
A story in yesterday’s Chalkbeat Colorado brought my attention to a newly released Brookings Institution study called the 2013 Education Choice and Competition Index. Well, that certainly got my attention. Rather than rate states, Brookings developed a rubric to grade 100 of the nation’s largest districts on “thirteen categories of policy and practice” related to […]
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K-12 Legislative Session Look Opens New Chalkbeat Colorado News Site 0
- January 7, 2014
Well, that’s new. You get used to the name, and to the appearance, of a website you visit almost on a daily basis. Then one day, a Tuesday early in January, it changes. Ed News Colorado as we knew it is no more, but now is part of a four-state online education news service. From […]
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Easy for Me to Help Point Colorado Parents to Timely Info on Open Enrollment 0
- January 6, 2014
I love it when people make my job easier. (What? Ok, no, blogging here isn’t a “job,” child labor laws being what they are and all.) It’s even better when that aid comes from one of my Education Policy Center friends. Marya DeGrow has written two timely posts for the new Colorado School Grades blog […]
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Colorado K-12 Policy and Trends: Eddie’s Eight Emerging Questions for 2014 0
- January 2, 2014
Unbelievably, another new year is already underway, and I’m left to ponder what kind of hopes it holds out for Colorado kids and families seeking the best educational opportunities and outcomes possible. While I recover from the blissful batch of toys, games, and goodies, it seems like a perfect time to ponder what might emerge […]
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And Then There Were Three (Years of Colorado School Grades)0
- December 20, 2013
Three is a magic number… Yes it is! This week Colorado School Grades (CSG) issued their 3rd annual report cards of every public school in the state. If you don’t know what the website is about, I’m not going to rehash the basics except to say: In 2011 I let you all know about the […]
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Big Testing (Why Not Funding?) Changes Coming Soon to Colorado K-12 0
- December 13, 2013
A couple of stories this week in Ed News Colorado serve as a reminder that whether or not there are new laws or reforms to debate, some kind of change will keep coming to the state’s schools. First comes from the State Board of Education’s Wednesday meeting, where we learned that schools and districts will […]
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