american federation of teachers
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Election Day was a game changer for key Colorado school districts
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This turned out to be the year the teachers unions staged a comeback. Long on the defensive and losing members in Colorado and across the country amid expanding school choice and a rapidly shifting public education landscape, the unions dug in their heels. They opened their coffers and pushed back hard in Tuesday’s election against…
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Spending by outside groups alone for Colorado school board races exceeds $2 million
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Outside groups trying to sway voters with mailers, phone calls and yard signs on the Colorado’s two most controversial school board elections have now spent more than $2 million, with more than $1 million spent in a little more than two weeks in October. The spending has strongly favored pro-charter candidates in the races for…
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SLOAN: Are only the teachers unions paying attention?
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It is not inaccurate to say that the future of education reform, at least in the near term, rides heavily on the outcome of the Douglas County School Board race. Gauging by the amount of money they are throwing at it, the teachers unions would agree. Here’s why: in 2011 the incumbent reform-minded board instituted…
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Latest mega-contribution in DougCo school board race draws scrutiny, complaint
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A boatload of cash has been pouring into some Denver-area school board races – particularly in the make-or-break face-off over control of the Douglas County School District’s board of education. The board has been run since 2009 by a succession of reform-minded majorities whose agenda has included enacting a school-voucher program (as-yet unimplemented amid a…
