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  • Eddie’s Crazy Idea: More Colo. Districts Should Pursue Student-Based Budgeting0

    • August 20, 2015

    Hey, I’ve got a crazy idea! Why not have school districts base their budgeting on students like me (or any student, for that matter)? It just makes sense to do it that way, right? Especially since the whole K-12 education enterprise is supposed to be about the kids. It’s not that simple, however, and it’s […]

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  • New York Charter Success: You Know How to Spell It0

    • August 18, 2015

    It’s often been said “you can’t argue with success” (or Success). But that doesn’t stop some from trying. Last year, I pointed out the collective jaw-dropping that took place when test results came back from students in the Harlem Success Academies, a New York City charter network that overwhelmingly serves poor and disadvantaged families. Just […]

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  • A Rocketship Visit to Jeffco: More Than Just Eddie’s Big Dream?0

    • August 13, 2015

    There’s a lot of attention on the school board politics in Jeffco these days. Dealing with it sometimes is a necessity. But to me it’s a shame, given the pockets of great need for students in the Jefferson and neighboring Alameda articulation areas, just west of Denver. Last November I first highlighted the significant positive […]

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  • Close Look at Diverse Charter Options Helps to Tell Us What Parents Want0

    • July 21, 2015

    What do parents want? I’m not sure why people bring this question to me. Based on my somewhat limited experience, I tend to think the answer has something to do with keeping rooms clean, eating fruits and vegetables, minding manners, and not breaking things. When it comes to a child’s education, I think there’s more […]

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  • A Little Rain on the Graduation Rate Parade0

    • July 8, 2015

    What’s in a number? If you’re talking about educational choice, numbers like the ones coming out of Arrupe Jesuit High School can be beacons of hope for tough populations of kids. In other cases, numbers can convey more concerning trends. And in still other cases, numbers can be rigged in such a way that they […]

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  • Exodus or Exaggeration? A Look at Colorado’s Teacher Turnover Rates0

    • June 10, 2015

    “Mass exodus” sounds scary, doesn’t it? It conjures images of sad, disheveled refugees limping away from burning villages with smoke billowing in the background. That image is probably exactly what anti-reformers in Colorado have been trying to convey as they loudly sound the alarm that teachers are leaving education in droves while malicious reformers try […]

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