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  • Ex-Education Secretary William Bennett Visits Dougco, “Very Impressed”0

    • April 30, 2013

    Colorado’s non-union teacher group PACE today posted some more of the results from their recent member survey. Roughly 3 out of every 4 expressed support for “a pathway for career advancement outside of the traditional, seniority-based salary schedule,” often known as a career ladder. One of their members hit the nail on the head: A […]

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  • Amy Oliver Show: Colorado Charters on the Rise0

    • April 30, 2013

    Jim Griffin, president of the Colorado League of Charter Schools, talks about a new report that documents the growth of the state’s public charter school movement, and the better academic outcomes their schools are getting with less funds.

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  • 04/30/130

    • April 30, 2013

    Education Policy Center Newsletter April 30, 2013
    — New Colorado Kids Win Site Highlights Scholarship Tax Credits
    — DeGrow Tackles Big School Finance Reform Debate (Cont.)
    — Center Covers Teachers Union Showdown in Adams 12
    — Raaki Garcia Show Covers KIPP, Parent Resources, Dougco
    — Confused about Weather, Eddie Rounds Up April K-12 Topics

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  • Three Decades After “A Nation at Risk,” Incredible Theories Live On: Who Knew?0

    • April 29, 2013

    Talk about ancient history for a kid like me. On Friday the Fordham Foundation and American Enterprise Institute commemorated the 30th anniversary of the landmark A Nation at Risk education report with this 23-minute video documentary: It may be a lot to take in for those with shorter attention spans (wait, is that a squirrel??), […]

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  • II in Denver Post: RTD FasTracks is still a boondoggle0

    • April 28, 2013

    The Denver Post has published an op-ed co-authored by Independent Institute Fellow Randal O’Toole & Brian T. Schwartz. It begins: With great fanfare, RTD opened its West Rail Line for business on Friday. This light-rail line was a boondoggle when it was first planned in 1997. Its even worse today. Read more: Has RTDs FasTracks been

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  • Why We Must Act Now To Use the Constitution’s Amendment Process to Restore Fiscal Sanity0

    • April 27, 2013

    Following is an address I gave in Orlando Florida on April 26, 2013 on the need to use the Constitution’s Convention-Amendment Process to rein in Congress: My initial background was in the private sector, but I served many years in academia. I spent much of that time teaching constitutional law and constitutional history to aspiring

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