public education
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Appeals court rejects teacher union challenge to ‘partially effective’ performance rating
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Colorado’s second-highest court on Thursday rejected the claim that the state’s board of education exceeded its authority by allowing a teacher’s “partially effective” performance rating to negatively affect his or her job protections. A three-judge Court of Appeals panel also concluded the board acted properly in limiting the reasons why a teacher can appeal an…
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Denver, four other cities sue Colorado over tax exemption for school building materials
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Five Colorado cities, including Denver, filed a lawsuit against the state Thursday over a new law that exempts building materials used for public schools from sales taxes, arguing it would decrease their revenue base by millions of dollars. Denver, Boulder, Commerce City, Pueblo and Westminster sued in Denver District Court, challenging House Bill 1024, which Gov.…
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TOM NORTON | Build infrastructure for people, goods, information — and water
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COMMENTARY: This is part of our series of contributed essays, “Imagine a Great Colorado.” See below for more. I’ve been thinking about Colorado’s future. What will make Colorado a great place to live, raise a family and prosper? Many ideas immediately come to mind. I’ve seen many ideas tried through legislative action and government programs. These…
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NOONAN | Democratic women voters blow the top off the state primaries
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Democratic women vote. Pay attention. That’s the biggest message from the recent Colorado primary. Democrats and Dem-leaning unaffiliated voters as a whole outvoted the GOP 56% to 44% by the numbers. Democratic women outvoted Democratic men 60% to 40%. Democratic women outvoted GOP women 58% to 42%. Democratic women outvoted GOP men 56% to 44%. It’s unprecedented.…
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NOONAN: GOP tax bill will hit dark purple Colorado hard
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Who wants to be a Colorado 8-year-old? Raise your hand! As of now, they’re not lucky. In a decade, they’ll face the $1 trillion additional deficit end game of the December, 2017 GOP tax bill. If the eight-year-olds still live in Colorado, they’ll already be deep under water. In 2015, Colorado sent about $1.7 billion…
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Noonan: Double deja vu all over again in the state’s world of public education
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Once again, Colorado’s public education system will both re-vision and offer new standardized tests. It’s useful that the two projects happen at the same time, but only if fresh eyes and minds are put to the task. Let’s hold our breath. Colorado Lt. Gov. Donna Lynne will fulfill Gov. John Hickenlooper’s executive order to restart…
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Schools top the charts among public priorities in Grand Junction poll
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Probably no surprise that an informal online survey of Grand Junction citizens would point to public schools – specifically, the need to reform K-12 education – as the top priority for locals. Quality education is the bottom line not only for parents but a whole lot of the rest of any community, from homeowners shoring…
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Noonan: Poor school funding over eight years leads to low four-year state graduation rates
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Colorado’s four-year high school graduation rate is bad. That should be no surprise. According to Education Week, Colorado achieved a 77 percent graduation rate in 2016, seventh from the bottom. Neighbor New Mexico has the lowest rate at 69 percent and Nebraska has the second highest rate at 90 percent. It’s interesting that road quality in…
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Unpaid school library fines in Colorado? "No transcripts for you!" is now a thing of the past
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Believe it or not, plenty of Colorado K-12 students owe fines for overdue library books, damaged or missing textbooks, and the like. If you are a parent, you already know this. Especially for some households of modest means, forking it over can amount to more than just an incidental expense. And even if paying the fines isn’t that…
