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Abominable Snowbills Look to Gut Accountability in Colorado 0
- Accountability, Blogs, Teachers
- February 2, 2016
In case you haven’t noticed, it’s snowing outside. Like, a lot. The good news is that the snowstorm means I get to hang out at home, drink hot chocolate, and make snow angels. The bad news is that there is an approximately 63 percent higher chance of attack by abominable snowmen like this one: View […]
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Celebrating National School Choice Week 2016 0
- Blogs, Charter Schools, School Choice
- January 27, 2016
Does everybody know what time it is? No, not Tool Time. Do I look like Tim Allen to you? It’s National School Choice Week! This year’s National School Choice Week is a big one, with 16,140 events scheduled around the country, including 318 here in Colorado. Governor Hickenlooper joined 31 other governors and 240 municipal […]
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Begging for Tire Scraps: SCOTUS Takes MO Blaine Case 0
- Blogs
- January 22, 2016
Yesterday, we talked Dougco. Because I’m a fan of loosely connected thematic writing, we’re going to do the same today in a more peripheral sense. Don’t worry, today’s post will include markedly less discussion about the nether regions of the male body. Some of you may remember that there was a pretty important—and pretty disappointing—Colorado […]
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The 2016 Legislative Session Cometh 0
- Accountability, Blogs, School Choice, Teachers
- January 8, 2016
The 2015 legislative session seems like it just ended, but it’s almost time for Little Eddie to once again stalk the shiny hallways of the mythical place known as the Colorado Capitol. Next week marks the beginning of the 120-day sausage-making process that we call the Colorado legislative session. And let me tell you, it’s […]
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Little Eddie’s Look Back at 2015 0
- Accountability, Blogs, Federal K-12 Programs and Funding, School Choice
- December 31, 2015
I can’t believe I’m already saying this, but 2015 is almost over! It’s been such a busy, exciting year that it feels like it started just yesterday. I hope all my faithful readers are getting ready to launch into a 2016 full of prosperity, happiness, and better education for Colorado kids! For now, let’s pause […]
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NCLB Rewrite Now Looking Like a Distinct Possibility 0
- Accountability, Blogs, Federal K-12 Programs and Funding
- December 3, 2015
Earlier this week, I gave you an overview of the Every Student Succeeds Act, the compromise No Child Left Behind rewrite that recently emerged from conference committee in D.C. At the end of that post, I mentioned how quickly the bill is moving. Well, as it turns out, it’s moving even more quickly than I […]
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