CEA Shamefully Opposes SB 191 and Effective Teaching
For students to achieve the best outcomes, they need teachers and principals to be as effective as they can be. To make that happen, we first need a clear and fair way to know which teachers are effective. We need to do more to invest both teachers AND principals in student academic success. And we [...]
Indiana Takes a Stand for Private School Choice
June 30, 2009 was a GOOD day for thousands of Indiana children in the home state of the Friedman Foundation and the GEO Foundation, two long-time school choice advocates. Governor Mitch Daniels signed into law a 2.5 million corporate and individual scholarship tax credit program. The program gives companies and individuals a 50 percent tax credit in return for their donation [...]
Colorado Charter School Champion
Once again, charter schools survived Colorado’s legislative session. There are many legislators from both political parties that deserve to be praised for their support of charter schools. However, Sean Bradley, the Director of Governmental Affairs for the Colorado League of Charter Schools, deserves a loud “shout out” from all those who support charter schools. He [...]
Waivers for Public Schools: A Good Step for Reform
Today, two public schools received waivers from 40 state statutes, 32 district policies, and 18 collective bargaining agreement provisions. The Colorado State Board of Education unanimously voted in favor of granting waivers to two Denver Public Schools, Manual High School and Montclair School of Academics and Enrichment.
The schools are the first “Innovation Schools” under a law [...]
“Unhappy Parents” Use Bad Judgment
In today’s Denver Post there is a story by Jeremy P. Meyer about the parents of 67 students from Hanson PreK-8 School located in Adams 14 School District. The parents are boycotting the CSAP because they are unhappy that the principal has been placed on leave for undisclosed reasons, the elimination of the year-round schedule, and changes to [...]
BVSD Spends Money Against School Choice in Plush Times
According to an article in the Boulder Daily Camera, Boulder Valley School District is going to take a couple of weeks to decide if they continue with the lawsuit against the Charter School Institute. School district superintendent, Dr. Christopher King was quoted saying, “…the decision to pursue the lawsuit was made in more plush times. [...]
Shame on you, Boulder Valley School District
Dear Boulder Valley School District Board of Education,
Just how much of the taxpayers’ money did you spend in your lawsuit against the State Charter School Institute? You lost the suit in district court but appealed to the Colorado Court of Appeals, costing not only the school district but the state more money. All to deny families [...]
