Empowered by a 2008 law, Colorado schools and districts can apply for Innovation status to operate free from many state laws and regulations. Superintendent Gerald Keefe explains why his 100-student Kit Carson School District is seeking the State Board of Education’s approval to become Colorado’s first district of innovation (several individual Innovation Schools already exist). On the table is a proposal that would open up Kit Carson to non-licensed teachers, remove tenure as a career-long guarantee and adopt a locally-tailored instructional evaluation system.
