Colo.’s Parent Trigger II Survives First Test: Maybe HB 1149 Can Win Bipartisan Support

by Eddie | 5:01 pm, February 7, 2012

My Education Policy Center friends asked me to stop playing around in the snow long enough to give a quick update and comment on something I mentioned last week. As Ed News Colorado reports, Rep. Don Beezley’s “Parent Trigger II” successfully passed its first obstacle with a favorable 7-6 party line vote in the House [...]

That Old Colorado School District Open Union Negotiations Momentum? It’s Back

by Eddie | 2:20 pm, February 3, 2012

Last April I asked the question: Is momentum growing for open school union negotiations in Colorado? The results ended up mixed — with Colorado Springs District 11 opening more of their bargaining to public view while Jefferson County redoubled under a veil of secrecy.
Well, tagging on at the end of an Ed News Colorado story [...]

Groundhog’s Shadow or Not, Colorado’s Parent Trigger II a Small Step Forward

by Eddie | 11:49 am, February 2, 2012

Even if the Groundhog hadn’t seen his shadow this morning, the reluctant news would still be well more than six weeks of Colorado’s legislative session remaining. Too early for me to be ground into the dust, but at the same time too many important things going on for me to run back and hide in [...]

Happy Digital Learning Day, Colorado!

by Eddie | 11:09 am, February 1, 2012

I’m still catching my breath from an amazingly successful National School Choice Week, including the Kids Aren’t Cars movie night put on by some of my friends right here in Denver.
And now today it’s the first-ever Digital Learning Day, centered at a site where you can participate in a live chat and watch a [...]

Colorado Has Made Some Progress, But a C for Teacher Policy Isn’t Good Enough

by Eddie | 5:30 pm, January 30, 2012

Now that School Choice Week is over, and I’m able to relax a bit after my manic phase of hyperactivity, it’s back to the (fun) edublogging grind. Right out of the gate, it’s time to tackle an important education reform item that emerged last week but falls a little bit outside the school choice arena. [...]

Another School Choice Trifecta: Jared Polis, Bill Cosby, Ben DeGrow… Swish!

by Eddie | 2:01 pm, January 27, 2012

Since yesterday’s school choice trifecta was so successful, why not another one to help bring a smashing conclusion to National School Choice Week? We’re in the heart of basketball season — it’s not March Madness time yet — but still “trifecta” gets me thinking about making that long-range jumper for student-centered education reform:

Yesterday, Colorado’s U.S. [...]

School Choice Week Good News Trifecta: Nationwide, Arizona ESAs, Ohio Vouchers

by Eddie | 3:38 pm, January 26, 2012

While School Choice Week has me in a happy frenzy, it doesn’t leave me as much time for blogging. But in my few spare moments, I wanted to share a few timely developments fitting for this week’s big festivities:

The Alliance for School Choice has released the latest version of the School Choice Yearbook… The big [...]

Foundation Gives High-Performing Poorer Denver Area Schools Cause to Celebrate

by Eddie | 12:59 pm, January 24, 2012

Today’s lead story at Ed News Colorado highlights the disparity in private parent and community giving within Denver Public Schools. Reporter Charlie Brennan notes that no school raked in more than the nearly $230,000 at Bromwell Elementary, a school with a low 8 percent study poverty rate. The general findings are no surprise, yet nonetheless [...]

Get School Choice Juices Flowing: “Kids Aren’t Cars,” Parent Trigger II and Milk (!)

by Eddie | 4:16 pm, January 23, 2012

I can hardly believe that School Choice Week is already here. For my Colorado friends, remember that there are several great events between now and Saturday, especially a cool “Kids Aren’t Cars” movie night I hope you can come to.
Here in Colorado the legislature kicks off School Choice Week with the introduction of House [...]

NY NAACP Lawsuit and Lobato Ruling: Don’t Let the Outrage Get You Down

by Eddie | 2:08 pm, January 20, 2012

Has it really been almost three months since I told you about a new Choice Media video on the Douglas County Choice Scholarship program injunction? Well, award-winning director Bob Bowdon has triumphed again with this hard-hitting, six-minute video about the New York City NAACP’s lawsuit trying to remove a charter school that successfully serves inner-city [...]

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