State Legislature

RIP, C-FLEX? This Year Perhaps, But Bring Back the Debit Card ASAP 0
- March 24, 2015
Yesterday I celebrated the fantastic news that Alabama has become the 43rd charter school state. In that post I noted that Alabama is behind the curve (and way behind Colorado) on public school choice, but beat us to the punch on scholarship tax credits. Still, as good as it is, welcoming new states into the […]
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What’s a “Bedfellow”? New Article Takes a Look at Weird Alliances and Tenure Reform 0
- March 18, 2015
Late last year, I wrote about the sticky testing issue knot. After a series of weird events on the State Board of Education and the early prospect of a strange alliance between Republicans and teachers unions during the ill-fated effort to reauthorize ESEA, we may be looking at more of a sticky testing issue black […]
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How Do We Get the Student Data Coin to Land on Both Sides?0
- March 6, 2015
Have you ever had a day where it just seemed like “Heads they win, Tails you lose”? On those days it may not seem like it, but the truth remains that there are two sides to the coin. (And no, I’m not talking about the coin flip required in Jeffco’s union contract to determine which […]
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Reading New ETS Report on Millennials Not Likely to Cheer You Up 0
- February 26, 2015
A few weeks ago I raised the question: Should I get my hopes up about Colorado course choice again? Today, it seems more appropriate to ask whether I should get my hopes up at all. Yeah, you might think that sounds kind of depressing. But dare I say you haven’t yet had the chance to […]
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State Board Gets Even Weirder On Testing Issue 0
- February 20, 2015
Last month, we kicked off the 2015 legislative party together. I promised it would be an exciting year, and that has certainly been the case. But I may have been wrong about where that excitement would be coming from. The legislature has its hands full when it comes to education-related issues, but the real party […]
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Keeping the Conversation Going: Independence Institute’s New National School Choice Week Video 0
- February 12, 2015
I’ve spent a lot of time at the Colorado State Capitol over the last month or so. Committee hearings, meetings, awkward hallway loitering—you name it, this little guy has done it. But by far the most fun I’ve had under the golden dome was the National School Choice Week rally last month. I hope you […]
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