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State Data Show Colorado 10-Year K-12 Funding Trends Still Going Up 0
- July 12, 2012
Not many people out there get the joy out of school funding figures, but understanding them clearly is crucial to the debate. Part of the problem? Depending on which source you look at, per-pupil spending and revenue data don’t always line up, something my Education Policy Center friend Ben DeGrow pointed out in his 2006 […]
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AFT Union Pins Fading Hopes on State Intervention to Save Power in Dougco 0
- July 11, 2012
As of July 1, following the collective bargaining agreement’s expiration, Colorado’s 60,000-student Douglas County School District became the state’s largest without a recognized teachers union. The ball is in the court of Governor Hickenlooper and his appointed labor department director after the AFT’s request for state intervention. Since the legal foundation for the request is not very strong, Colorado may be looking at a breakthrough moment in the K-12 education profession.
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Nevada Group Notifies Clark County Teachers of Brief Opt-Out Window, Membership Options 0
- July 10, 2012
Every year the Independence Institute reaches out to Colorado teachers to let them know about their options, particularly the right of union members to receive a rebate of political funds collected along with their dues. This year the Nevada Policy Research Institute (NPRI) has followed suit with a notice to teachers in their state’s largest […]
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Coulson in Wall St. Journal: Too Many Teachers Means Time for Tax Credits 0
- July 10, 2012
Even though it’s the middle of the summer, your (no, really, it will be fun) homework assignment is to read the new Wall Street Journal guest opinion column by the Cato Institute’s Andrew Coulson:
Since 1970, the public school workforce has roughly doubled—to 6.4 million from 3.3 million—and two-thirds of those new hires are teachers or […]
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NEA Delegates Fight Their Own Power; Pres. Obama Phones In from Underwater?0
- July 6, 2012
While I was gone fishing, the National Education Association had its annual representative assembly. Apparently, nothing took place there like in 2009, when the outgoing NEA general counsel proclaimed the union’s true priorities. Actually, it’s more along the spirit of last year, though, when NEA delegates took both sides in the debate over using value-added […]
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No More Middleman: Find Your Colorado School Bargaining Agreements 0
- June 19, 2012
I am young and energetic, and have pretty keen eyes. But sometimes things slip past me. I admit it (or maybe I just could cast the blame on my Education Policy Center friends… they have pretty big shoulders). In this case, it slipped through during Colorado’s recent legislative session. House Bill 1240 was advertised as […]
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