Government Standards: Will They Save the Schools or Destroy Them
Even by the flabby standards unveiled by Governor Romer in 1995, the results from the recent statewide test of academic achievement indicate that government schools do a miserable job of educating children. Only 57% of fourth-graders met the reading standard; 31% met the writing one. Still more dismal were the puerile performances of public officials […]
Why Not Just Teach Them English?
Last year the Denver District School Board and Superintendent Irving Moskowitz decided to limit bilingual education to three years-down from seven years. The Board’s action–which abandons “maintenance bilingual education” in favor of “transitional” bilingual education–is a step in the right direction. But only one-step. It doesn’t go far enough. “Far enough” means the abandonment of all native-language teaching, and special classes for limited-English-proficient (LEP) children–for ONE year, not three.
Solving Colorado's Educational Finance Problem
The issue of public school finance is central to the debate over tax reform in Colorado. Several bills have been introduced in the Colorado Legislature that would significantly change the way in which Colorado finances our public schools. These bills call for replacing the property tax with a state income or sales tax as the major source of funding for the public schools.
Solving Colorado’s Educational Finance Problem
The issue of public school finance is central to the debate over tax reform in Colorado. Several bills have been introduced in the Colorado Legislature that would significantly change the way in which Colorado finances our public schools. These bills call for replacing the property tax with a state income or sales tax as the major source of funding for the public schools.
