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Noonan: Bill envisions high quality education for Colorado … But where’s the money?
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A new bipartisan bill, Achieving a Vision for Education in Colorado, HB17-1287, sets up an advisory board to create a strategic plan for public education, preschool through college, for implementation up to 2030. The bill recognizes that the 21st century world is “fiercely competitive” and that a “world class highly effective twenty-first-century learning system is the…
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Democrats blanket house district with mailers hitting Nelson
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Democrats and an independent expenditure committee rained down mailers on House District 42 in Aurora on Wednesday in an attempt to steer voters away from embattled candidate Eric Nelson in the June 28 Democratic primary. “Eric Nelson is a liar,” reads one side of an oversized, glossy postcard sent by the House Majority Project, an…
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State House candidate Nelson won’t quit Aurora school board, vows to ‘do this job’
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The Aurora Public Schools Board member and House District 42 candidate at the center of allegations he has invented much of his resume – including numerous academic degrees and an illustrious military career – refused to step down from the school board Tuesday night after all but one of his fellow board members asked for…
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Aurora school board president to ask for Nelson’s resignation
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The president of the Aurora Public Schools Board says she plans to ask embattled board member Eric Nelson to resign his position immediately on Tuesday night at the board’s regular meeting in the wake of allegations that Nelson has fabricated academic degrees, among other deceptions. Nelson is also running in next week’s Democratic primary for…
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Nelson defiant as calls mount to end campaign, quit school board
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Aurora Public Schools Board member Eric Nelson politely refused on Saturday to withdraw from a Democratic primary race even as Democrats increased pressure on the candidate to “admit to himself that the charade is over.” Following a conversation with Colorado Democratic Party Chairman Rick Palacio on Friday, Nelson said he would consider a request that…
