The Colorado Independent

Friday, February 10th, 2012

Education

Colorado Rep. Polis leads House effort to reform No Child Left Behind

By | 02.09.12 | 11:59 am

On the heels of news that the Obama administration has granted Colorado and 10 other states a waiver from the controversial requirements of the federal No Child Left Behind education law, Colorado Democratic Congressman Jared Polis introduced a House version of the Growth to Excellence Act (H.R. 3845) written by Colorado U.S. Senators Michael Bennet and Mark Udall. The bill would rework No Child Left Behind by granting greater authority to the states to develop student achievement and school accountability policies.

Colorado scores No Child Left Behind waiver

By | 02.09.12 | 8:59 am

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today applauded the Obama administration decision to grant Colorado schools a waiver from the regulatory requirements of the Bush-era No Child Left Behind law. A former superintendent of the Denver Public School system, Bennet has long railed against the law as well-intended but comically flawed, the “biggest federal overreach ever in domestic policy,” he said in a Senate floor speech last year.

Wasserman Schultz and local Dems rip Romney on eve of caucuses

By | 02.07.12 | 5:02 am

With Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum all in Colorado Monday to campaign in advance of Tuesday’s caucuses, Democrats brought in a big gun of their own. National Democratic Chair Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, R-Florida, participated in conference calls with reporters on Friday and again on Monday.

Arizona Latinos rising up against ethnic studies ban

By | 01.30.12 | 8:35 am

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer famously wagged her finger at President Obama when he visited the state a week ago. Today, though, it is Brewer who is on the receiving end of a scolding as the Latino community rises up in protest against a law banning ethnic studies in the state’s schools.

Proposal to limit school board campaign cash likely doomed

By | 01.25.12 | 5:08 am

There once was a time–you know it’s true–when school board candidates in Colorado hoped to raise enough money for yard signs and a flyer to hand out or leave at doors. Times have changed.

Jobs, jobs, jobs, say Colorado legislators

By | 01.10.12 | 10:09 am

Ask any Colorado legislator what they hope to accomplish in the upcoming session and they will tell you they want to create jobs, or help businesses create jobs, or remove regulatory impediments to job creation, or improve access to capital.

Romney supports school vouchers and standardized testing

By | 01.06.12 | 5:00 am

Mitt Romney, the GOP presidential candidate who edged out an eight-vote victory over Rick Santorum in the Iowa caucuses, has a long track record on education that includes standardized testing and accountability, charter schools and school vouchers.

Hickenlooper, state appeal Lobato education-funding decision

By | 12.21.11 | 11:25 am

Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper announced today that the state would appeal a recent district judge’s ruling in the Lobato case, which declared that the state has failed to fund a ‘thorough and uniform’ system of public education for Colorado students.

Improving economy may make more state money available for schools

By | 12.20.11 | 10:43 am

If Gov. John Hickenlooper has anything to say about it–and he will–most of a potential increase in state tax collections this year and in 2012 will go to restore some of the money cut from K-12 budgets in the past few years.

Colorado abstinence trainers are misleading school children

By | 11.16.11 | 10:01 am

An abstinence-only presentation provided by Colorado-based “experts” to numerous school districts in Michigan in October of this year provided false and misleading information to students about HIV, experts allege.

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