National Council on Teacher Quality Affirms Me on Colorado’s Race to the Top

by Eddie | 10:16 am, March 15, 2010

No need for me to rehash my concerns about Governor Bill Ritter’s Council on Educator Effectiveness. My views hardly have changed over the weekend.
But since I have to wake up on a Monday morning, the only thing better than a snow day is seeing my views validated by an important expert group like the National [...]

Bill Ritter’s Quality Teaching Blue Ribbon Commission Cause for Concern

by Eddie | 10:30 am, March 12, 2010

Ed News Colorado has a story about yesterday’s first meeting of Governor Bill Ritter’s Council for Educator Effectiveness:

Thursday’s session, held at the Lowry headquarters of the state Community College System, was the usual first-meeting mix of introductions, setting expectations and deciding on a future meeting schedule.
The introductions gave some hints of how individual members are [...]

Bill Ritter Dropping Out of Governor’s Race?

by T.L. James | 8:28 pm, January 5, 2010

The dPost is reporting so: Gov. Bill Ritter is planning an 11 a.m. press conference Wednesday at which he is expected to announce that he will withdraw from the race for governor, numerous sources close to Ritter confirmed tonight… At the same time, Washington, D.C. blogs were reporting that Ritter would drop out of the [...]

Colorado Governor Candidate Forum Video

by T.L. James | 10:29 pm, November 12, 2009

I’m disappointed that it too so long to get these processed and published, but here are the videos from last week’s GOP governor candidate forum. With Josh Penry’s sudden withdrawal from the race they’re now somewhat dated, but they’re still informative and worth watching for the comments from Dan Maes and Scott McInnis.

Governor Granholm Goes Gulfstream

by T.L. James | 9:42 pm, December 25, 2008

I’m spending the holidays in Colorado’s Democrat-led future, aka Michigan, home of the Big Three auto-making pension companies and an increasingly cash-starved state government. You might have heard of Michigan’s problems and those of its auto-making pension companies in the recent maneuvering in DC over the federal taxpayer bailout of the UAW. You might even [...]

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