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 [...]

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 [...]

Newsletter February 2 2012

On the first-ever national Digital Learning Day, Education Policy Center director Pam Benigno appeared on AM 1310 KFKA’s Amy Oliver Show to discuss the Center’s new parent-friendly guide to Colorado’s online learning programs and the need for high-quality digital learning policy changes in our state. Click below to listen: [February 1, 2012, 10 AM Hour, Amy [...]

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 [...]

One of this website’s main themes is to celebrate — and to advertise — the various membership options available to Colorado teachers. In that spirit, the Association of American Educators and Choice Media TV have released the new 15-minute video Teacher’s Choice. This worthwhile, uplifting view profiles four teachers from different types of schools in [...]