Latest posts tagged with #copol on Bluesky
"Arrington’s resume includes providing legal representation for a charter school that banned its valedictorian from coming out as gay in his graduation speech." #COpol #COleg
"DFER’s mission has always been to convince Democrats that they should be backing ed reform ideas from the right. It’s standard to find them trying hard to convince Democrats that it would be a winning strategy ..." #COpol #COleg
In Colorado, school "choice" includes the choice to raise kids without a grasp of science, at taxpayer expense. #COpol #COleg
Well, of course, the billionaire-owned WaPo thinks Polis' voucher scheme buy-in is a good move. Sensing a pattern here? #COleg #COpol
"The voucher advocates are pushing hard for regulations that slam the door on any approach that does not further the growth of this largely unregulated voucher program." #COpol #COleg
This fool believes poor families just need a hefty federal tax credit. Look at states with existing SGO credits: They benefit only wealthy donors and parents who already send their kids to private/parochial schools. Those schools don't want to serve poor families. #COpol #COleg
Hey, Colorado: See a problem with this map? Tell @colorado.gov we don't want to be part of Trump's stealth school voucher program. #COpol #COleg
Hey, Colorado lawmakers: This seems like a real problem ... “Nobody in the state actually regulates how BOCES operate or what they can do,” said Ken Haptonstall, co-executive director of the Colorado BOCES Association. #COpol #COleg
Why bother with an elected board when you can answer to a less-meddlesome board of political appointees? #COpol #COleg
"The end-game here is to de-emphasize the first part of the First Amendment—the Establishment Clause prohibiting government from establishing a single religion—and to emphasize the second part, the Free Exercise Clause." #COpol #COleg
Kentucky gets it: "We cannot sell the people of Kentucky a mule and call it a horse, even if we believe the public needs a mule.” #COpol #COleg
"O’Connell filed suit after a January 2022 meeting in which the board approved a controversial charter school, Merit Academy, under a vague agenda item labeled 'BOARD HOUSEKEEPING.' ” #COleg #COpol
“This is not really education policy. This is sheer income redistribution. This is about subsidizing the wealthy. Pure and simple,” Tennessee State Senator Jeff Yarbro told WSMV in Nashville. “It’s just Robin Hood in reverse—on steroids." #COpol #COleg @colorado.gov
"The lack of innovation in deregulated charter schools is closely linked to their spending more on administration and consulting services than on instruction." #COpol #COleg
the whole link is infuriating.
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can't believe this is where my 💰 is going
#CoPol
"60 Minutes" and other media outlets held up KIPP as the education miracle. Corporate charter schools were never the answer. They were always about making $$$. #COpol #COleg
"Michael Petrilli, president of the conservative Fordham Institute, questioned why Polis opted in before the regulations were finalized, adding it is 'pretty clear that the Trump administration is not going to let them narrow the scope of the program.' ” #COpol #COleg @npeaction.bsky.social
This, from the guy who actively opposed a 2024 charter school transparency/accountability bill: "Basically, we need to update the way we look at outcomes in education and make sure we have better transparency and accountability for providers at all levels." #COpol #COleg @colorado.gov
" The Colorado Department of Education confirmed on Friday that the school’s authorizer, Education reEnvisioned Board of Cooperative Educational Services, or ER BOCES, as well as School District 49, which is the BOCES’ fiscal agent, will be audited this year." #COleg #COpol #EducationPrivatization
as we suspected, the bennet campaign will draw some of the worst people to fund it.
#CoPol