Tag Archives: CDE (Colorado Department of Education)

Orwell’s school ratings

A coalition of 18 different organizations (including several with whom I am affiliated) have worked together to devise a simple website that grades all of Colorado’s public K-12 schools.  They have undertaken this effort for a simple reason: The words we use … Continue reading

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Bureaucracy is as bureaucracy does…

EdNews Colorado has a story which encapsulates so much of why entrenched systems in public schools don’t change. It’s about school lunch and the Colorado Department of Education. And it ain’t healthy. Poor kids get screwed in many ways, and school lunches … Continue reading

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