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Let’s Figure Out How PERA Can Fit Into Colo. School Finance Reform Debates 0
- February 21, 2013
The long-awaited draft of the big school finance reform bill (144 pages in all its glory) is finally here this week. You can rest assured I will have more to say in the coming days as my Education Policy Center friends dig more deeply into it. For now, I just have to say how glad […]
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Transparency and a Collaborative Mirage: A Tale of Three Colorado School Districts 0
- February 20, 2013
A clever wag once famously said: “Democracy is two wolves and a sheep deciding what to eat for lunch.” Some other smart-aleck might have reason to make a similar remark about K-12 education: “Collaboration is district leaders and union leaders deciding how to spend taxpayers’ money.” Except that those taxpayers too often are left in […]
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Latest Dougco Lawsuit Suggests Little Beyond Need for Presidential Limelight 0
- February 18, 2013
Since it’s Presidents Day today, it seems somewhat fitting to write about a local teachers union president seeking some limelight with a Friday lawsuit: The Douglas County Federation of Teachers filed two lawsuits Friday, alleging that the Douglas County School District illegally didn’t consider teachers for job openings after being laid off and that it […]
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Amy Oliver Show: How Can Colorado Improve Teacher Preparation?0
- February 12, 2013
Sandi Jacobs from the National Council on Teacher Quality discusses how Colorado can improve its D letter grade in preparing effective teachers and providing accountability to colleges of education.
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DougCo Board Opponents’ “Crazy” Real Estate Rumor Debunked By Facts 0
- February 12, 2013
These are momentous days in Douglas County, Colorado. A 60,000-student school district charting new horizons for parental choice and academic excellence through cutting-edge, performance-based systems? An organized labor interest group frustrated at being stripped of monopoly power? Yes and yes. A lot of eyes are watching what unfolds in the growing suburbs south of Denver. […]
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Rick Hess Slam Dunks for Colorado with Call for Cage-Busting Can-Do 0
- February 11, 2013
Local education leaders want to transform a rigid, bureaucratic system — re-imagining the delivery of instruction, giving more freedom, flexibility, and accountability to teachers and principals at the school level. But then some interest groups or just plain old naysayers come along to protest, saying “We’ve never done it that way before.” Or maybe a […]
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