New AAE Member Survey Shows Again that Teacher Opinion Isn’t Monolithic
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Nudge, Nudge: CEA’s “Non-Itemized” Math0
- May 15, 2012
While their hopes for widespread inattention may be dashed when it comes to this issue of teacher options, union officials maintain an advantage when it comes to incredible campaign finance reporting logic. Specifically, the union’s small donor committee (known as Public Education Committee) uses a clever fiction to report exactly $250,000.00 in “non-itemized” contributions on its most recent report. More than 99 percent of the committee’s revenues have been “non-itemized.” What other groups get the benefit of government systems to provide regular collections for their political activities? What other groups can report exactly $250,000.00 in “non-itemized” contributions with a straight face?
READ MOREVideo: Time to Rethink How Colorado Finances Student Learning Success0
- May 10, 2012
“Before we can do anything to fix Colorado schools, we just need to give them more money. …Right?” A great new 2-minute video edited and produced by the Independence Institute highlights ideas presented in Denver by national school finance experts Dr. Eric Hanushek and Dr. Marguerite Roza. Colorado needs to think outside the box in designing a new system to fund learning success.
READ MOREHouse Bill 1333: The Fight to Expand Teacher Options0
- May 8, 2012
Tim Farmer, membership director for the Professional Association of Colorado Educators (PACE), explains the case for House Bill 1333 and how it was killed by a Democratic-controlled state senate committee. In particular, he highlights the weakness of arguments used against allowing educators to make union or professional membership choices on a month-to-month basis and what can be done going forward to expand teacher options.
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Teachers and Charter Schools: A Whole Lot of Appreciation Going On This Week0
- May 8, 2012
Today’s a good day for stepping back a bit. Yesterday it was exactly four years ago I started blogging as a 5-year-old. And here I am, still 5 years old. Hmmm….
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While we’re in the spirit of commemoration, let’s be reminded that this week is both Teacher Appreciation Week and National Charter Schools Week. It’s a […]Devil’s Advocate: Tim Farmer Touts HB 1333 Options for Teachers0
- May 3, 2012
Tune in to Devil’s Advocate as host Jon Caldara is joined by Tim Farmer from the Professional Association of Colorado Educators (PACE) explains Colorado House Bill 1333, which sought to allow educators to make union or professional membership choices on a month-to-month basis. He explains how many teachers are adversely affected by current policies and what the simple legislative proposal would have accomplished.
READ MOREGo to Choice Media TV’s “Reform School” for Your Education Viewing Enjoyment0
- May 2, 2012
To all my fellow education policy geeks out there, it appears that national TV executives have heard our cries and given us what we wanted. I’m not talking about the recent two-hour NBC Education Nation teacher town hall in Denver. However, you really ought to listen to the podcast interview with Branson Online elementary teacher […]
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