Colorado Politics: It’s time to modernize school transportation [Opinion]

Apr 28, 2022 | External Links

Times of great upheaval also offer the opportunity for great innovation. Our K-12 schools have certainly faced their share of upheaval in the last two years. From remote learning to staffing shortages, our education system has been challenged on nearly every front....

Gazette: Commerce City’s kids deserve better [Opinion]

Apr 12, 2022 | External Links

Since 2017, I have had the privilege of spending time listening and learning from parents, students, and educators in Adams 14 school district, based in Commerce City. I have heard the stories of struggle, determination and broken promises. I’ll never forget parents...

Families & Kids Have Been Flexible with Every COVID Curveball. Schools Haven’t Been Nearly as Nimble. Time to Start Funding Families & Students Directly

Jan 26, 2022 | Opinion

This piece was also co-written by Derrell Bradford, President of 50CAN. The COVID-19 pandemic, which began as a shock to our lives in 2020 and continues to affect everything we do as a nation, changed the fabric and rituals of daily life across this country. Nowhere...

Kids need open schools, a ride — and a choice

Jan 16, 2022 | Opinion

We’ve failed our children for far too long. The numbers are so astonishing it’s hard to even process what this means for our students and our society as a whole. Statewide, over three quarters (76%) of sixth graders are behind grade level in math. Over 60% of third...

Open Doors, Open Districts

Oct 15, 2018 | Research

The number of parents exercising the power of school choice options is far more than most public policy debates in Colorado suggest. Over 145,000 students, or over 16 percent of the public school population, “choice” into a traditional public school other than the one...