nicholas garcia
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State debuts closer look at how Colorado’s public schools spend tax dollars
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Coloradans will have a chance to better understand how the state’s public schools are spending tax dollars after the state education department launched a new website Friday that tracks annual financial data. Commissioned by state lawmakers in 2014, the website reports how much money each school and district collects from federal, state and local taxes, and donations…
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A reality check on Polis’ plans to expand preschool, kindergarten: Pie in the sky?
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Assuming you want to know even more about 2nd Congressional District U.S. Rep. Jared Polis’s bid for the governor’s office – and, hey, maybe you do – it’s not too early to bring some of the Boulder Democrat’s ambitious goals back down to earth. Notably, his campaign proposal to offer free preschool and full-day kindergarten to…
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Chalkbeat taps its readership for legislative highlights on the ed beat
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The state’s distinguished news service for all things education didn’t just tell its readers what its staff thought were the biggest stories – and biggest players – of the just-concluded 2017 legislative session; it asked them. And Chalkbeat Colorado’s ace correspondent Nicholas Garcia compiled the feedback and beamed out the results via the final edition of…
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Via Chalkbeat: Now THIS is what you call a ‘citizen legislature’
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States like Colorado make much of the fact that their elected lawmakers are really only part-timers; the pay is $30,000 plus per diem and mileage reimbursement. That’s for the four months the legislature is in session plus service on year-round committees and other responsibilities. It’s known as a “citizen legislature.” Some say the members are overworked and underpaid…
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Via Chalkbeat CO: Polis more worried about Congress than DeVos
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Colorado’s 2nd Congressional District U.S. Rep. Jared Polis – the millionaire, entrepreneur and idea generator whose profile seems to eclipse the elected office he happens to be holding – is not necessarily one to march in lockstep. He doesn’t disappoint in an extensive interview with Chalkbeat Colorado’s Nicholas Garcia today. The Boulder County Democrat – an education-policy…
