Tag: Barbara O\’brien

DENVER — A corps of turnaround experts who would travel from failing school to failing school, a computerized, multimedia test to replace the Colorado Student Assessment Program, and a “360 degree” evaluation for teachers mirroring business-world performance evaluations were just some of the ideas Race to the Top school reform workgroups presented Friday to Gov. Bill Ritter, Lt. Gov. Barbara O’Brien and Commissioner of Education Dwight Jones.

Colorado stands to gain between $60 and $175 million if it wins a Race to the Top grant, according to finalized federal guidelines released...

Scratch another name — this one not on anyone's list — from the possible replacements for Sen. Ken Salazar, who is resigning his seat to be secretary of interior in the Obama administration. Children's Museum President Tom Downey announced tongue-in-cheek Tuesday he was joining the ranks of Colorado politicians both prominent and obscure who don't want to be considered by Gov. Bill Ritter to fill out Salazar's term.

Six months into his first term, Gov. Bill Ritter laughs easily when asked what, looking back, he has done to make him now smack...