EDUCATION - School Choice - Independence Institute

I Don’t Have Time to Tell You Why Longer School Days Aren’t Enough 0
- December 4, 2012
The concept of time is the topic of 100 proverbs and cliches. In the world of education reform, it definitely doesn’t feel like time is on our side. Every year of delay in debating, approving and implementing important policy changes — including expanded parental choice — is a year many students will not get back. […]
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Not Louisiana, Too! Judge Striking Down Vouchers Bad Start to Weekend 0
- November 30, 2012
Just the kind of glum news you (don’t!) want to hear before your weekend gets rolling, from the Wall Street Journal:

A Louisiana district court judge ruled Friday that the state’s school-voucher program is unconstitutional, dealing a blow to one of the nation’s most expansive efforts to let students attend private schools at taxpayer expense.
Judge Tim […]
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Growing Support for Dougco Pay-for-Performance Suggests Staying Power 0
- November 28, 2012
According to a school district dispatch yesterday, Douglas County’s visionary, cutting-edge work in performance-based educator pay and evaluations has received a key nod of community support:

The Castle Rock Economic Development Council (EDC) has endorsed the Douglas County School District pay-for-performance program.
“We know excellent schools are one of the top reasons that companies choose to locate […]
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Food for Thought as Colorado Grinds Ahead Reforming Teacher Evaluations 0
- November 27, 2012
With so much going on in Colorado’s world of education reform — and all sorts of new and shiny things taking place — it can be easy to forget the state is in the middle of a large-scale change to teacher evaluations.
The highly-charged debates over SB 191 in 2010 seem like a distant memory. […]
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Appeals Court Weighs Dougco Choice Program: Will Families Be Able to Give Thanks?0
- November 20, 2012
On November 19, the Colorado Court of Appeals heard arguments in the case of Larue v Colo State Board of Education. At issue is the Douglas County Choice Scholarship Program, unanimously adopted by the school board in March 2011, which allowed up to 500 students greater access to private education options. Cautious optimism awaits a decision coming in “due course,” probably in early 2013.
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Families Watch as Dougco Choice Program Comes Before Appeals Court Today 0
- November 19, 2012
I’m on pins and needles today. Not because all the turkey and football is only three days away, but because this afternoon is an important hearing that could affect the future of school choice in our state. The Colorado Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments concerning the Douglas County Choice Scholarship Program and the […]
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