EDUCATION - School Choice - Independence Institute

Back-to-Back Anti-Choice Lawsuits Make Me Want to Scream and Pull Out My Hair 0
- August 26, 2013
I don’t have a lot to write about on this manic Monday. But after venturing over to Jay Greene’s blog and finding not one, but two, closely related news stories that make me want to pull my hair out. Well, how could I not share the experience with you? Irony reigns, the world is spinning […]
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PDK/Gallup Public Education Survey Has Earned Skepticism, and Here’s Why 0
- August 23, 2013
Seeing as how it’s back-to-school season, it must be time for my Third Annual “Let’s Take a Closer Look at the PDK/Gallup Public Education Survey” posting. It will teach you to take the headlines with a grain of salt. Without time to delve into every issue and inspect every question, there are a few points […]
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Learning about Douglas County K-12 Innovation: Read. Watch. Share. Repeat.0
- August 22, 2013
Seeing as how it’s been at least a couple days since I’ve mentioned Douglas County, it seemed like the perfect time to make sure you all also saw my Education Policy Center friend Ben DeGrow’s new op-ed in the Colorado Observer: There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or […]
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Trying to Measure “Non-Cognitive Skills” Beats “Deja Vu All Over Again”0
- August 16, 2013
An old baseball player from a long time ago once famously said, “It’s deja vu all over again” (or so my Education Policy Center friends would have me believe). Little voices have been asking me when I’m going to write something about the latest round of TCAP results — Colorado’s annual state testing for different […]
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Charter Competition Has Some Healthy Benefits for Denver, Still Room for More 0
- August 6, 2013
How many of my posts here have been inspired by a story at Education Next? Someone with too much time on their hands and go find the exact answer. But you’ll have to add this one to the count, because I think readers would find interesting a new piece by Marc Holley & Co., “Competition […]
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Can Colorado Reach Forefront of Student-Centered Digital Learning Policy?0
- August 2, 2013
A little disappointed? Yes. Surprised? Not really. I’m talking about digital learning guru Michael Horn’s new Education Next breakdown of 2013 legislative policy changes affecting the world of online education. It’s a long read, but Horn essentially identifies three different trends: More course-level choice and freedom for students; More restrictions on full-time online learning programs; […]
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