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Winters’ Work on VAM Adds Value to Colorado Educator Effectiveness Policy0
- September 6, 2012
I’m guessing that 2012 has been fairly busy for education policy researcher Dr. Marcus Winters. He started with the launch of his book Teachers Matter, which included visiting Denver as the first-ever speaker in the Independence Institute’s Brown Bag Lunch series. And he since has published work on school innovation and productivity, and the […]
READ MORETrick or Treat: Teachers Union Rhetoric vs. Priorities?0
- September 5, 2012
Originally posted at Colorado Peak Politics. Re-posted here with permission. By Ben DeGrow On August 26, a glowing Denver Post feature introduced Kerrie Dallman to thousands of readers as the new president of one of the state’s strongest and most one-sided lobbying arms: the Colorado Education Association. Dallman told reporter Kevin Simpson that the union
READ MOREAmy Oliver Show: On Protests and Teachers Union Priorities0
- September 5, 2012
Senior education policy analyst Ben DeGrow highlights the contrast between the new Colorado Education Association president’s statement that students should be at the “front and center” of the union agenda, and her call to members to show “solidarity” at a Wednesday protest of the Douglas County school board.
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Please Don’t Send a Class of Little Eddies on an Occupy Denver Field Trip!0
- August 30, 2012
Should Denver Public Schools use its evaluation system to give teachers the highest rating for encouraging students to “challenge and question the dominant culture” and “work for social justice”? Little Eddie shares an imaginary scenario of a teacher taking his class on a field trip to Occupy Denver. It’s not clear what exactly the language means, but it clearly doesn’t sound like the appropriate role for a teacher! DPS high school teacher John Peterson, who told his story to 9News education reporter Nelson Garcia, certainly agrees.
READ MORETeachers or Union Politics? A (Brief) Colorado Tale of Two Recognitions0
- August 29, 2012
Have you ever played the “one of these things is not like the other” game with only two things? The results usually are neither too difficult nor surprising. But playing a quick game, like we’re about to do, can still be informative in its own way.
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Okay, let’s go. The first item comes compliments of the […]Dougco School Board Challenges Union Leaders, May Seek Voters’ Input0
- August 23, 2012
Believe it or not, it’s been a whole three days since I last shared some thoughts on the exciting goings-on in Colorado’s third-largest school district. An arbitrator ruled that Douglas County leaders couldn’t get back all the tax-funded union leave dollars because they didn’t get a change to the collective bargaining agreement in writing.
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So Tuesday […]
