Charter School Pluralism: Denver and El Paso County
Denver is frequently seen as the flash point for charter school battles between supporters and opponents. As the largest municipality in Colorado, the Mile-High City receives a substantial [...]
Paying Politicians, Not Teachers?
Earlier this week, on a party line vote, Colorado House Democrats passed HB21-1055, a bill that would allow school board members to pay themselves with taxpayer dollars. Colorado has 178 [...]
Colorado Charter Schools Lead the Nation
The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) is the only test given in all 50 states, and it’s conducted every two years with students in 4th and 8th [...]
Ready Colorado Hires Tyler Sandberg as Vice President
Ready Colorado is proud to announce it has hired Tyler Sandberg as its new Vice President, helping to grow the reach and impact of the state’s leading conservative education [...]
Amendment 73 could harm police and fire budgets
Currently the Gallagher amendment in Colorado requires that 55% of the state’s property tax comes from commercial property and 45% from residential. The commercial property is set constantly at [...]
ICYMI-Congressman Polis thinks private school is only for rich kids
Earlier this month there were questions asked of Jared Polis and Walker Stapleton by Chalkbeat. The entire story is here: https://www.chalkbeat.org/posts/co/2018/07/10/colorado-2018-election-where-jared-polis-and-walker-stapleton-stand-on-education/ The most disturbing of the responses were Congressman Polis' [...]
Janus in 4 Minutes
Don’t have time to read Janus? Don’t worry, we read all 49 pages for you. Here is a 4 minute version in mostly words directly from the court: *All [...]
Conservative Education Reform Champions Win Big in Gubernatorial and Legislative Primaries
Ready Colorado’s education champions swept their races for Governor, State Senate, and State House of Representatives. Colorado voters made it clear that they want conservative candidates who will expand school choice [...]
David beat Goliath, Just so you know…
Chalkbeat recently summarized a major hurdle low income Colorado kids faced when trying to opt into a better school district: https://chalkbeat.org/posts/co/2018/06/21/change-in-colorado-law-sets-up-a-david-and-goliath-school-choice-battle-no-one-saw-coming/ A superintendent of a small district is worried [...]