Colorado School Grades Website Returns to Inform Parents for Second Year

by Eddie | 5:13 pm, December 18, 2012

Can you believe it’s been a whole year since the launch of the Colorado School Grades website? My friends at the Independence Institute are proud to be one of the 18 sponsoring partners of this helpful resource.
The passing of 12 months means a whole new set of data, and a lot of curious parents searching [...]

Six Falcon 49 Schools Win Innovation Status as Board Nears Important Crossroads

by Eddie | 12:33 pm, June 14, 2012

About six weeks ago I shared with readers that the Falcon School District 49 innovation plan was nearing a crossroads. That crucial time may now be upon us. As reported in the Colorado Springs Gazette, the Colorado State Board of Education yesterday unanimously approved requests to give six District 49 schools official innovation status:
“Innovation is [...]

“True North” Report Calls on Denver Public Schools to Refocus, Raise the Bar

by Eddie | 10:46 am, May 23, 2012

A team of local education reform groups has partnered to release the new report True North: Goals for Denver Public Schools. It’s a quick, worthwhile read for anyone interested in improving the outcomes of American urban education. Denver Public Schools is often cited as a reform model for districts in other cities across the land, [...]

New Study: Sleeping In, Starting Late Helps Middle Schoolers Learn a Little More

by Eddie | 4:12 pm, May 3, 2012

I write here about a lot of different issues related to education and education policy. But this one may be a first for me: How early should school start? When it comes to the bigger kids, middle school and high school students, new research by Finley Edwards featured at Education Next suggests it may actually [...]

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 [...]

West Denver Prep or Wherever, It’s Now for Colorado Public School Open Enrollment

by Eddie | 2:46 pm, January 6, 2012

The hubbub about New Year’s is past, the Christmas toys have grown old and boring. What’s to get excited about around here — except for maybe the Denver Broncos in the playoffs? Well, ’tis the open enrollment season for families in many Colorado school districts who are looking for a better, more effective educational option [...]

Effective Math and Science Program Making Big Leap in Colorado High Schools

by Eddie | 11:55 am, December 13, 2011

Raise your hand if you agree with me that the USA — and Colorado in particular — can do a better job preparing enough students for success in the areas science, math and technology. Don’t worry about feeling self-conscious if you are in a room with other people. If you can’t overcome it, at least [...]

Colo. Public Radio on Denver School Choice Expo: Beautiful Real-Life Chaos

by Eddie | 11:26 am, December 8, 2011

A couple weeks ago I reminded you that Colorado’s public school open enrollment season is fast approaching, and mentioned a series of school choice expos hosted by Denver Public Schools (DPS). As it turns out, Colorado Public Radio’s Jenny Brundin attended one of the expos and filed an interesting report about “The Middle School Freak [...]

Dougco Choice Injunction: What Now for Families? Who All Will Appeal?

by Eddie | 4:00 pm, August 16, 2011

My Education Policy Center friends told you the judge’s decision last Friday to put the brakes on the Douglas County Choice Scholarship Program would create a lot of chaos for families. That’s the question of the hour: What are the more than 300 students who had received scholarships (and some had already started schools) going [...]

More New Charter Schools Coming Soon to Denver? (No Rude Remarks, Please!)

by Eddie | 2:15 pm, June 2, 2011

The warm weather here in Colorado and the lure of the swimming pool are the main reasons why readers here just get a quick update for today. Ed News Colorado’s Charlie Brennan reports that ideas for 11 new schools (eight of them charters) were pitched this week to the Denver school board.
The public charter sector [...]

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