Saturday, June 12th, 2010
Last week Governor Ritter signed a bill that allows Colorado's tax-funded universities to raise their tuition. In response, "some Colorado students will see increased financial aid to offset the higher tuition, " InDenverTimes reports. Surely some parents are rightly concerned with fast-rising tuition costs. But Capping college tuition would ...
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Sunday, February 21st, 2010
From the Wall Street Journal:
School reformers generally agree that the most important education resource is the teacher. But one of the biggest obstacles to putting a good instructor in every classroom is a tenure system that forces principals to hire and retain teachers based on seniority instead ...
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Sunday, August 23rd, 2009
In response to the Daily Camera's question on salaries for Boulder Valley School District teachers:
Why is teacher pay even an issue? Typically one's salary is a private matter between an employer and an employee. Not so with tax-funded schools. A private matter becomes a public one, as we're all forced ...
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Monday, December 22nd, 2008
The Daily Camera published my comments on Obama's school choice hypocrisy couple weeks ago:
"We need to focus on fixing and improving our public schools; not throwing our hands up and walking away from them," said President-elect Barack Obama to a teachers' union convention. But when it comes to his own ...
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Monday, November 24th, 2008
The Rocky Mountain News published my letter to the editor last week:
Amendment 59 backers should send refunds to schools
Let the "begathon" begin! That's what educators would need to raise school funding because Amendment 59 failed, said Colorado Association of School Boards director Jane Urschel ("Despite defeat, Ritter aims for budget ...
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Friday, September 12th, 2008
If only...
(Via the Texas Public Policy Foundation)
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Friday, August 15th, 2008
People who think government has a role in making sure everyone has access to health care or education often conclude the the only way to do this is to force taxpayers to fund government-controlled insurance (Medicare, Medicaid, SCHIP) and government schools. But this does not follow from their stated concern.
It ...
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