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NOONAN: A+ Colorado slams public schools — but sidesteps issue of school finance
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A+ Colorado doesn’t have much good news to report on Colorado public schools, citing its updated research that shows how few of the state’s students enter the 300 most competitive colleges and universities in the country. Many high schools have no graduating seniors who will attend competitive higher ed institutions. The vast majority have fewer…
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Noonan: Charter vs. School District money fights result from public education underfunding
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Public school funding advocates are reduced to fighting over scraps lately, with two bills attempting to “equalize” school finance from different directions. The big picture is that the state Legislature, since the Great Recession, hasn’t come up with any solution to public school underfunding. Governor candidate and former State Sen. Michael Johnston ran his “Future…
