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A member of Colorado’s state ed board steps down
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Chalkbeat Colorado’s Nic Garcia informs us Pam Manzanec, the Larkspur Republican who represents the 4th Congressional District on the State Board of Education, is resigning from the board at the end of this month: Mazanec provided a copy of her letter of resignation to Chalkbeat. In a separate statement, Mazanec said she is leaving her…
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Another ballot bid to raise big bucks for the state’s schools
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The rule of thumb when it comes to mounting a statewide citizens initiative for public school funding is – don’t bother. Whichever way the political pendulum happens to be swinging in a given election cycle, Colorado voters seldom seem in the mood for giving the state government more money, even for schools. Local school ballot…
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Chalkbeat’s election post-mortem reminds us it’s all about the ground game
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Chalkbeat Colorado’s Nic Garcia offers a post-game analysis of last week’s school board elections that serves as a primer for political junkies and campaign tacticians of every stripe. Garcia dissects the highly successful efforts of teachers unions to regain ground they had lost to education reformers in three high-profile school districts – Denver’s, Aurora’s and…
