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Dirty politics in JeffCo: Who’s exploiting a school-board member’s son?

Tuesday, the libertarian Independence Institute released a video that accused recall supporters of bullying the special-needs son of Jefferson County Board of Education member Julie...

Attorney’s listicle shows horror of Colorado school-board rules

Few organizations bust Colorado's power brokers in court as regularly as Colorado Ethics Watch. So when the organization's attorney Peg Perl speaks -- especially...

Tracking the money funding conservative school boards’ anti-union lawsuits

It’s not just Koch brother money funding the anti-union, pro-privatization takeover of school boards. In Colorado, mainstream community foundations are in on the game...

Ties bind conservative school boards’ anti-union attacks

The most recent battle in the conservative attack on teachers’ unions erupted in Loveland’s Thompson School District. The fight comes in the wake of...

Parents mobilize to save Aurora Public Schools

Only five out of ten students will graduate in the Aurora Public Schools. Of those, two will go on to college; one will need to take remedial...

Ken Witt launches “political stunt” filing meaningless ethics complaint against himself and fellow JeffCo...

Jeffco School Board President Ken Witt Thursday said he would seek an advisory opinion with the Colorado Ethics Commission over possible violations by the...

Did a mystery hacker strike at Denver School Board president Happy Haynes?

A Denver Post opinion poll with suspiciously high turnout hints that someone wants to take down school board president Allegra “Happy” Haynes so badly...

JeffCo school director uses school email for politicking

As the rhetoric heats up for the recall election of three Jefferson County Board of Education members, so too does the potential for problems. And...

With JeffCo recall looming, Americans for Prosperity organizes for “school choice”

Regardless of the outcome of the recall… That was the mantra repeated on Sunday by the politicians, school board candidates and conservative education reformers attending...

College Board has rewritten U.S. history – again

For the second time in two years, the College Board has re-written history. Debates over the curriculum erupted fall of 2014 over changes the company, which is...
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