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Opponents’ Best Shot? Maybe Thompson Should Look at Innovating Educator Pay0
- March 25, 2014
A month ago my Education Policy Center friend Ben DeGrow wrote a Greeley Tribune op-ed, explaining that some local school board leaders have picked up the ball dropped by state lawmakers and are making progress on rewarding top-notch educators. He noted work going on in Jefferson County, Mesa 51, and Adams 12. But based on […]
READ MOREAmy Oliver Show: Are We Licensing Teachers Correctly?0
- March 20, 2014
Tim Farmer from the Professional Association of Colorado Educators talks about how the state and schools can help ensure having the best teachers in classrooms through an effective licensure process.
READ MOREAmy Oliver Show: Education Reform Under the Gold Dome0
- March 13, 2014
Luke Ragland from Colorado Succeeds unpacks two big bills in the current legislative session: the teachers union’s push to save tenure protections, and the fight over how to spend extra education dollars (aka the Student Success Act).
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Colorado Education’s Political Soap Opera Almost Makes Me Want to Change Channels0
- March 10, 2014
I’m much too young for soap operas (hopefully, for the rest of my life). But the politics at the Capitol around SB 191, educator effectiveness, teacher tenure, and K-12 education accountability at large… well, it seems kind of like a soap opera these days. Call it General Assembly, or The Young and the Tested, or […]
READ MORETwo Michigan Teachers Set Free of Union; Thousands More in Limbo0
- March 7, 2014
Jillian Kay Melchior at National Review adds some great insights to this story, as well. Freedom for two teachers is better than freedom for none. It’s a good start. Michigan Capitol Confidential reports that “kindergarten teacher Miriam Chanski and hall of fame wrestling coach William ‘Ray’ Arthur” were finally able to get their wish and […]
READ MORESchool Boards Push Teacher Accountability0
- February 27, 2014
Union leaders are actively challenging school principals’ newfound authority to keep the worst teachers out of their classrooms. The state legislative majority has shrunk from the chance to reward the best teachers. But some local school boards have begun to take the reins of reform. Research shows teachers who get the most out of students
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