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Education Reform Issues Across the Nation I’m Watching This Election Day 0
- November 6, 2012
Apparently, today is some kind of big day, with a lot of big people here in Colorado and in other states making some important decision about the future of the country or something. It sounds like some sort of big deal. But as elections go, I’m more tuned in to some key education reform races […]
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Chubb’s Bold Teacher Reform Proposals Sound Like Music in My Ears 0
- November 2, 2012
My parents are convinced — well, maybe just one of them — that I’m going to be some kind of musical virtuoso. They signed me up for piano lessons. I’m not even ready to start working on “Mary Had a Little Lamb” yet, but don’t tell my mom a prodigy isn’t in the making.
The […]
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Don’t Ask to “Show Me” Why K-12 Education Needs Differential Teacher Pay 0
- November 1, 2012
If you’ve read this blog for any length of time, you probably are well aware of the numerous flaws in the way our K-12 education system pays teachers. Most of the flaws emanate from the single salary schedule, which the vast majority of school districts use. Pay is differentiated almost exclusively by seniority and academic […]
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Amy Oliver Show: Teachers Unions Need to Improve Political Spending Info 0
- November 1, 2012
Senior education policy analyst Ben DeGrow highlights recent revelations regarding teachers union offices providing bad information on member dues funding political campaigns. He also discusses a new national study that shows Colorado teachers unions at or near the top nationally in their political influence through contributions to state-level candidates.
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A Better Approach to K-12 Budget Issues: Don’t Yell at TABOR, Fix PERA 0
- October 31, 2012
I may risk inducing a heart attack or two with two straight days of spooky posts. But yesterday I produced some school funding data to debunk the idea that Colorado’s Taxpayers Bill of Rights (TABOR) is the cause of apparent “devastation” for school budgets. Today I want to introduce a too-often overlooked factor into the […]
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Colorado Teachers Unions Number One in Political Giving to State Candidates 0
- October 29, 2012
Halloween is this week, which means it’s almost time for little old me to don the green paint and flex my growing muscles as the Incredible Hulk. (I can hear some of those murmurs out there: “Yeah, incredible is right!”) All right, so maybe just because I put on the costume and go door to […]
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