DougCo school board says no to bullies

by Amy Oliver | 3:24 pm, May 19, 2010

Taxpayers should write a big thank you note to the members of the Douglas County School Board. They had the nerve to say “NO” to the school bullies that defend the education establishment.
The Douglas County School Board won’t use taxpayer dollars to sue taxpayers for more — you guessed it — taxpayer dollars, according to [...]

Newspaper spins D6 CSAP scores

by Amy Oliver | 9:02 pm, May 6, 2010

This week Coloradans got their first glimpse at 2010 student achievement scores with the release of third graders’ CSAP reading test results.  They weren’t great.  The Denver Post headline read “30 percent of Colorado 3rd-graders not reading at their level, CSAP finds.”
The perspective from Greeley’s newspaper was a bit different.  The public school cheerleaders, a.k.a. [...]

School bullies use your money to sue YOU!

by Amy Oliver | 10:00 pm, April 25, 2010

Cash-strapped Colorado school districts have ponied up nearly $245,000 in taxpayer dollars to fund a class action lawsuit to sue taxpayers for more money for K-12 education according to a recent Face the State article.
The Colorado Association of School Boards (CASB) and the Colorado Association of School Executives (CASE) are championing the suit, Lobato v. [...]

Greeley’s 3A: a teachable moment?

by Amy Oliver | 5:42 pm, October 12, 2009

There is no guarantee that voters will reward a transparent government by approving a tax increase.  But it sure is easier for any government to make its case for more money when it has shown taxpayers the respect they deserve by providing detailed financial transparency.  With detailed, online financial transparency, government demonstrates that it wants to be a [...]

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