Parents

Support summer learning with summer homeschooling 0
- August 6, 2016
It is summer in Colorado and school is just around the corner. It’s not too late to consider summer homeschooling as a way to actively support your child’s learning before the school year begins. The importance of keeping your child intellectually active over the summer should not be underestimated. According to a 2011 RAND Corporation
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Change is in the Air — I’m Just Getting a Little Older, Though, Not Going Away 0
- November 20, 2015
Maybe it’s because it’s the Friday before Thanksgiving, or maybe it’s because a couple of my really good Education Policy Center friends are picking up and moving to another state, but I’m not really keen on writing another long post today. Change is in the air — change that I didn’t wish for, and change […]
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Federal Court Voids Intrusive Anti-Choice Order, Makes Me Smile 0
- November 12, 2015
In the recent busy season, there hasn’t necessarily been a lot of different things to tell you about. But the coverage has been thick. And after all that — including everything from telling reformers to keep their chins up to unpacking ugly smear columns — little me is eager, practically desperate, to talk about good […]
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Yes, Election Night Happened, But Keep Your Chins Up, Colorado Reformers 0
- November 5, 2015
Yeah, yeah, yeah, school board elections happened in Colorado this week. Ok, so I promised to give you a full report yesterday. But I got a little busy crying in my Cheerios with some important stuff to do. Do I really need to review what happened with the Teachers Union Empire Strikes Back? After all, […]
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Look Under the District 38 School Board Campaign Mask 0
- October 29, 2015
The week of Halloween is one of my favorite times of the year. I can practically taste the candy in my mouth right now. One of the perks of being a perpetual 5-year-old is the unending chance to go Trick-or-Treat year after year without any sense of self-consciousness or guilt. It also happens to be […]
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Can’t We Just Get Colorado on the CER Tax Credit Report Card… Please?0
- October 12, 2015
Imagine this scenario: The teacher has posted the grades for the final exam on the wall outside the classroom. There, standing and staring at the paper is a young student crying. “What’s the matter? Did you not get a passing grade?” the passerby asks. The weeping student, struggling for composure, simply shakes her head. “Then […]
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