charter schools
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A national study gives high marks to Colorado’s charter school laws
Colorado is now No. 2 among all the states in a new report gauging the effectiveness of charter-school laws. The National Alliance for Public Charter Schools released it annual state-by-state rankings this week, “Measuring up to the model: a ranking of state public charter school laws,” and Colorado jumped three places since last year’s survey. From an alliance…
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State senator, congressman, political Renaissance man — and now, headmaster
He began his political career at 25, in 1987, as the youngest Coloradan ever to serve in the state Senate. A Republican and unflinching conservative, he went from the legislature to three terms in the U.S. House, representing Colorado’s 4th Congressional District. After a stint in the private sector, it was back to the campaign trail…
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THE PODIUM: In public education, funding matters — but so do a host of other factors
While we appreciate a shout-out for A+ Colorado’s research and advocacy for more quality schools in Colorado in Paula Noonan’s column, “A+ Colorado slams public schools – but sidesteps issue of school finance,” she misrepresents our work and advocacy agenda. We are deeply committed to sharpening the public dialogue about how to improve public education,…
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The dinosaurs of the Douglas County School Board
Innovation in education is happening across the United States, but unfortunately there are those who want to stand in the way of progress and cling to the past here in Colorado. And no one represents the past these days better than the Douglas County School Board, which recently voted to end a scholarship program that would have…
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Q&A with Terrance Carroll: ‘Politics shouldn’t be about power for power’s sake’
For a relatively young man who went so far so fast in Colorado politics – and who developed such a high profile by the time he left office – Terrance Carroll has an almost astonishing answer when asked if he ever intends to get back in the ring. You’ll have to read on to find…
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THE PODIUM: Mudslinging, a mixed message — yet a hopeful outcome — in Denver school board race
The 2017 Denver School Board election was ideological, hard-fought and nasty at times. Activists both for and against the direction of Denver Pubic Schools were convinced that the election would be a referendum. Now that the dust has settled, I’m not sure the results add up to a clear message. The three at-large candidates, including…
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19-year-old Denver Public Schools board candidate Tay Anderson: ‘I’ll continue to fight’
Soon after the first round of results had posted at about 7 p.m. Tuesday, Auontai “Tay” Anderson, a candidate for a northeast Denver school board seat, spoke to the crowd gathered to watch election night returns at a popular food incubator in Denver’s trending RINO neighborhood. Anderson, a May graduate of Manual High School –…
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Election Day was a game changer for key Colorado school districts
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
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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Colorado’s public charter schools: not really privatized after all
There’s election rhetoric, and there’s reality. Hence, the election mailers sent to Denver households recently accusing the incumbent Denver Public Schools board and administration of “ceding space to a for-profit charter school.” It’s no secret the Denver Classroom Teachers Association – the local union that helped fund the mailers through its donations to an independent…