EDUCATION - School Choice - Independence Institute

Hey, Colorado: Billion Dollar K-12 Tax Hike OR End the Education Plantation?0
- April 15, 2013
Often it’s very easy to get bogged down in a big education policy debate like Colorado’s SB 213 school finance reform proposal. Then along comes a Denver Post op-ed piece by a motivated citizen that exhales a breath of fresh air: Colorado currently spends about $10,600 per student per year on K-12 education. You can […]
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Scholarship Tax Credits Could Help Denver, Aurora HS Students Overcome Challenges 0
- April 12, 2013
For those who long have rolled up their sleeves to try to improve student learning, the cause of urban high school reform remains one of the most daunting tasks. Even in areas where the most concentrated and sustained efforts at reform have taken place, the promising results have been very limited. Enter a brand new […]
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Parent Power in Colorado: Aiming to Join or Surpass the Dazzling Dozen 0
- April 10, 2013
Has it really been more than six whole months since the Hollywood movie Won’t Back Down hit the Denver and national scene. While not a blockbuster success, the parent power-themed, feature-length film certainly raised the profile of K-12 education reform. Two moms took charge and took on the bureaucracy and union opposition to change the […]
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Here’s Hoping for a Real Common Core Debate… and Some Real School Choice 0
- April 8, 2013
More than two-and-a-half years ago, the Colorado State Board of Education adopted the Common Core standards. Just this last December the State Board took another careful look at the decision, as this School Reform News article by my Education Policy Center friend notes. For a number of reasons, the issue has gained greater national notoriety […]
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Let’s Not Allow Test Cheating Scandals to Lead to Faulty Conclusions 0
- April 4, 2013
Let’s go over it again: Standardized tests are far from the be-all and end-all of education. But if we’re not going to put money in student backpacks and make schools directly accountable to parents, how can such assessments NOT be used as a key component of measuring student progress, teacher effectiveness, and school quality? If […]
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Well, Teachers Union Leaders Could Use a New Argument Against School Choice 0
- April 3, 2013
Take your hats off to those teachers union officials, they sure know how to plan ahead sometimes. The Education Intelligence Agency’s Mike Antonucci brings our attention to a PBS Newshour clip in which NEA president Dennis Van Roekel tried to respond to a question about why private educational choice works at the college level but […]
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