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Colorado More Leader than Laggard: A Report Card Eddie Can (Mostly) Enjoy 0
- September 12, 2014
If you’ve read this blog for any length of time, you probably know I have a fondness for report cards. A certain kind, anyway. Just as long as it’s not my report card going home to my parents about my performance. Seriously, though, I like to talk about report cards related to education policy — […]
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How Far Will Colorado Reform “Human Capital” to Win Race to the Top?0
- December 16, 2009
Education leaders here in Colorado have shown a great deal of interest in the federal Race to the Top dollars, a multi-billion dollar program that we are told is designed to spur reform. In order to be eligible for rewards, states will be rated according how well their policies and goals line up with innovative […]
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Real Alternative Certification May Actually Help Boost Student Learning 0
- November 18, 2009
I’ve told you before about groups like ABCTE that are reaching out to top-notch professionals and making it easier for them to make an effective transition into classroom teaching. But where’s the proof this is a good idea for the bottom line of education?
In the new edition of Education Next, Daniel Nadler and Paul Peterson […]
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Hoping Race to the Top Spurs Colorado Funding, Teacher, STEM Innovations 0
- November 17, 2009
Katie Redding at the Colorado Independent reported yesterday on the official recommendations for Colorado’s application to receive Race to the Top federal reform dollars. One of my Education Policy Center friends got a chance to chime in:
Ben DeGrow, education policy analyst for the free-market Independence Institute, found much to like about the application, particularly the […]
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Defenders of Fuzzy Math Do Students a Disservice 0
- June 6, 2007
The longer a student stays in the Colorado public school system, the less likely he is to be proficient in math.
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