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Parent Power in Colorado: Aiming to Join or Surpass the Dazzling Dozen0
- 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 […]
READ MORELet’s Not Allow Test Cheating Scandals to Lead to Faulty Conclusions0
- 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 […]
READ MOREWell, Teachers Union Leaders Could Use a New Argument Against School Choice0
- 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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Change of Heart on Choice, Reform, Funding, and Unions: Time for Ed Is Playing!!0
- April 1, 2013
It’s been several days since I’ve had a chance to write here. The end of my spring break provided a lot of time for reflection on some issues that really have been bothering me. Now that I’ve had time to re-evaluate my well-known positions on some key education issues, I feel it is my obligation […]
READ MORENew Digital Learning Report Card Charts Familiar Path for Colorado to Improve0
- March 22, 2013
It’s time to send Colorado home with another report card (figuratively, I mean — not sure how you would do that literally). Back in January I pointed out the release of 3 national education policy report cards. Colorado got a C from Student First for some key teacher and choice policies, a B from the […]
READ MOREBig SB 213 School Finance Bill Hearing Keeps Me Watching, Brings Out Questions0
- March 19, 2013
When it comes to the world of K-12 education in Colorado — you know, what keeps my little eyes busy watching — today (this week!) is all consumed in the political debates over Senate Bill 213, the big school finance overhaul tied to a billion dollar tax increase. So I invite you to follow the […]
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