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Column Comes Oh-So-Close to Intriguing Case for Education Transformation 0
- November 13, 2013
Yes, these are crazy days. But a short blog post is better than none at all. And I felt compelled to reply when I read this new Denver Post column by Alicia Caldwell. Not because she is entirely wrong, but because she errs by coming so close to, but missing, a critical breakthrough: But the […]
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New NAEP Math and Reading Scores Leave Me Longing for More Reform 0
- November 7, 2013
The elections are over. I’m out from underneath the rock. It’s nice to see the sunshine again, to see that Amendment 66 was rejected (let’s think Kids Are First instead), and the reform message carried many major school board races. Time to shift gears, though, with the release of 2013 results from NAEP, the nation’s […]
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Building on Colorado Evaluation Reform Doesn’t Need Billion-Dollar Tax Hike 0
- November 1, 2013
The final reckoning day for Amendment 66 is almost upon us. Almost past are the hard press of empty promises and the creative reform bait and switch. What am I talking about? Senate Bill 191′s new (and hopefully improved) system of teacher and principal evaluations is going into place right now. We’re told the tax […]
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Weld County School Districts Stand Out on Safety, Fiscal Sanity, Sound Policy 0
- October 31, 2013
It’s pretty rare to see a geographically-themed post like this one here. While Weld County has become a focus for some about a debate to secede and create a 51st state, more interesting to me is a series of stories that set apart a number of the county’s school districts. The 12 school districts in […]
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Give Teachers Real Membership Choices Minus the Shame and Inconvenience 0
- October 22, 2013
Michigan Capitol Confidential recently featured a story about teachers union leaders apparently intimidating several educators who opted out of membership after the state adopted its right-to-work law: The MEA 17-B/C union newsletter listed the name of 16 employees from four school districts in the U.P. who decided against paying dues or fees to the union […]
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Even This Post Might Be Too Much Attention on Common Core Debate 0
- October 21, 2013
The reason I rarely write about Common Core is the same reason why I’m writing about it today. Huh, you say? America’s fourth most influential Edu-Scholar Eric Hanushek makes a persuasive case in U.S. News: Policymakers and reform advocates alike have rallied around introducing a set of national content standards, suggesting that this will jump-start […]
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