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A Dandelion on a Battlefield: Taking a Timeout to Celebrate 2015′s Daniels Scholars0
- March 27, 2015
Another Friday has arrived, my friends. In Colorado education, this week saw the continuation of an increasingly ugly fight over testing, accountability, and opt-outs. It will get worse before it gets better, but we don’t need to talk about that today. No, Fridays are happy days. And because I’m a stubborn young man about my […]
READ MOREHow Liberal Propagandists Fooled Conservatives into Opposing an Amendments Convention0
- March 26, 2015
This article originally appeared at CNS News. Some conservative groups have become known for uncompromising opposition to the Constitution’s convention method of proposing constitutional amendments. They may think they are protecting the republic. But it turns out that they are mostly carrying water for the liberal establishment. New research shows that nearly all the arguments
READ MOREUrban Charters Rock CREDO’s Newest Report0
- March 26, 2015
Earlier this week, we celebrated Alabama’s entry into the world of charters even as we mourned the death of the first stab at an ESA program here in Colorado. We can’t leave the school choice balance teetering between good and sad, though, so today I want to take a look at some awesome new research […]
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RIP, C-FLEX? This Year Perhaps, But Bring Back the Debit Card ASAP0
- March 24, 2015
Yesterday I celebrated the fantastic news that Alabama has become the 43rd charter school state. In that post I noted that Alabama is behind the curve (and way behind Colorado) on public school choice, but beat us to the punch on scholarship tax credits. Still, as good as it is, welcoming new states into the […]
READ MOREAlabama Joins the Charter Club0
- March 23, 2015
Not too long ago, I wrote about why I love it when school choice is talked about as a “movement.” Now, though, I realize I may have been wrong there. Instead, I think school choice should be talked about as a series of simultaneous movements that are linked by similar goals and values. The Colorado […]
READ MOREThe Most Important Policy Field Trips Are the Ones I’m Not On0
- March 20, 2015
Fridays are always better when they involve policy field trips, don’t you think? This morning, I had the pleasure of sitting in on a floor debate on SB 45, which some of you will remember I wrote about a while back. SB 45 may well pass in the Senate, but it doesn’t have much chance […]
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