Tag: Education Reform
Tax breaks for the rich and a ‘bargain with the devil’:...
Colorado’s Democratic candidate for governor is the founder of a charter school network, and the Republican candidate is a longtime supporter of charter schools...
What the primary results in Colorado’s governor’s race mean for education
After millions of dollars and what sure felt like millions of mailers and door-knocks, Coloradans have their candidates for governor: Democrat Jared Polis and...
Fact checking the Colorado governor’s race: The truth behind 5 claims...
With less than a month to go before the primary, the Democratic candidates for governor of Colorado are sparring not over the future of...
Colorado Dems overwhelmingly reject Democrats for Education Reform at state assembly
Delegates at the Colorado Democratic state assembly Saturday sent a clear message to the state chapter of Democrats for Education Reform: You don’t have...
Split decision: In two Denver school board races, challengers leading incumbents
Two school board candidates who agree with the direction of Denver Public Schools and two who want the district to change its trajectory were...
Groups with a stake in Colorado’s school board elections raise $1.5...
Union committees and various political groups have raised more than $1.5 million so far to influence the outcome of school board elections across the...
What’s different about this year’s Denver school board election? Betsy DeVos,...
In many ways, the storylines of this year’s Denver school board election feel familiar. Those who embrace the district’s policies, and those who remain...
How Colorado conservatives are pressing GOP candidates for governor on education...
It’s just before 7 p.m. Tuesday and conservative talk radio host Ross Kaminsky asks his producer to include 30 seconds of background music to...
ALEC Day 2: Betsy DeVos says school choice “is good politics...
U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos became the first member of the Trump administration to visit Denver, speaking Thursday to a noontime luncheon at...
Denver school board race opens up as Rosemary Rodriguez says she...
Denver school board member Rosemary Rodriguez said Wednesday that she is not running for re-election, putting her southwest Denver seat up for grabs in...