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  • Amy Oliver Show: Denver Teachers Judged on Encouraging Social Activism0

    • August 31, 2012

    In this clip from the August 30 Amy Oliver Show, Education Policy Center director Pam Benigno discusses controversial new language in Denver Public Schools’ evaluation framework that gives the highest rating to teachers who encourage students to “challenge and question the dominant culture” and “work for social justice.”

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  • Please Don’t Send a Class of Little Eddies on an Occupy Denver Field Trip!0

    • August 30, 2012

    Should Denver Public Schools use its evaluation system to give teachers the highest rating for encouraging students to “challenge and question the dominant culture” and “work for social justice”? Little Eddie shares an imaginary scenario of a teacher taking his class on a field trip to Occupy Denver. It’s not clear what exactly the language means, but it clearly doesn’t sound like the appropriate role for a teacher! DPS high school teacher John Peterson, who told his story to 9News education reporter Nelson Garcia, certainly agrees.

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  • Pam Benigno Challenges Political Agenda in Denver Teacher Evaluations0

    • August 30, 2012

    On Wednesday, August 29, Education Policy Center director Pam Benigno told Denver 9News education reporter Nelson Garcia that it’s an “abuse of power” for Denver Public Schools (DPS) to rate teachers in a way that can “promote a political agenda.” Click the image below to read the story and watch the video. According to DPS’

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  • Romney and Obama: Both Wrong on Medicare0

    • August 30, 2012

    With both campaigns peddling the idea that any cuts to Medicare, now or in the future, are automatically a bad thing, we run the risk of poisoning the well for any future reform of the system. Continue reading

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  • Bloomberg: Taxpayers Gouged by Transit0

    • August 30, 2012

    Bloomberg News, or at least a writer named Stephen Smith, has discovered that the transit industry is gouging taxpayers with its schemes for high-cost rail transit and high-speed rail. Smith says there are two causes for this gouging. First, “agencies can’t keep their private contractors in check,” and instead hire “consultants who consultant with consultants […]

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  • Teachers or Union Politics? A (Brief) Colorado Tale of Two Recognitions0

    • August 29, 2012

    Have you ever played the “one of these things is not like the other” game with only two things? The results usually are neither too difficult nor surprising. But playing a quick game, like we’re about to do, can still be informative in its own way.
    Okay, let’s go. The first item comes compliments of the […]

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