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Late-Night Louisiana House Advances School Choice, Tenure Reform Bills0
- March 26, 2012
A lot of big people were paying attention to Louisiana this weekend because of some big presidential primary election there. But I’m more interested in Bayou State developments from the world of K-12 education. And they look pretty big from here.
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Last Thursday night Republicans and Democrats in the Louisiana House of Representatives came together to […]Harrison Teacher Performance Pay: Fordham’s Guide to Serious Reform0
- March 23, 2012
It’s been awhile since I’ve written about the performance pay plan in Colorado Springs’ Harrison School District, so you may not be up to speed on this cutting-edge innovation. At that time, six months ago, Harrison superintendent Mike Miles was sharing the district’s story around Ohio.
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From those events has come at last an excellent Fordham […]Dougco Board and HB 1118: Tuesday’s Colorado Open Union Negotiations Two-Fer0
- March 22, 2012
Timing is everything, they say. What were the odds that these two key votes would go down the same day? The dual development certainly is noteworthy.
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On Tuesday the Colorado House of Representatives adopted House Bill 1118, which simply requires school districts to open up union negotiations to public observation so taxpayers and teachers can see […]
Independence Institute Shares Colorado’s Own Digital Learning Roadmap0
- March 21, 2012
The Independence Institute’s newly-released digital learning policy roadmap reflects the expressed priorities of nearly 50 online education leaders and policy experts who convened in January. The publication covers nine key changes in the areas of funding, assessment and accountability, and student access and eligibility. The new roadmap shows what Colorado can do to effectively allow technology to enhance the work of great teachers and to foster innovation and students’ ability to customize their educational opportunities.
READ MOREIs Someone Ready to Take Care of Colorado Teachers’ “Hotel California” Problem?0
- March 16, 2012
Quite awhile ago I highlighted the work of my Education Policy Center friend Ben DeGrow discussing the issue of union revocation periods. What is that, you say? Well, teachers in 30 Colorado school districts (and other school employees in 11 districts) have just a short window of time to cancel their membership dues deduction.
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You read […]Denver Mayor Hancock and Andre Agassi Discussed Education Reform: A Good Sign?0
- March 14, 2012
A couple weeks ago I excitedly tweeted about a great blog piece in which four of Colorado’s leading Democrats — Lt. Governor Joe Garcia, Denver Mayor Michael Hancock, U.S. Rep. Jared Polis, and State Senator Michael Johnston — explained why they support school choice.
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Then today Todd Shepherd of Complete Colorado forwarded me an interesting […]
