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Colorado Charter School Watch @cocharterwatch.bsky.social · 15h

Rural schools are big losers under education privatization schemes: "There’s also competition from charter schools and online schools, Smith noted." #COleg #COpol

Financial challenges mount for 16 Colorado school districts, audit reveals

Sixteen school districts in Colorado, almost all of them rural, are showing signs of financial stress, according to an audit released on the fiscal health of the state’s 178 public school districts. E...

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Colorado Charter School Watch @cocharterwatch.bsky.social · 1d

With the threat of a federal voucher program hanging over Colorado, it's time to consider the racist roots of school vouchers. @colorado.gov @coloradodems.bsky.social #COpol #COleg

Three waves of school vouchers: A history of expansion and exclusion | Brookings

Scholars walk through the history of school vouchers and discuss how previous waves of voucher reform inform the current era.

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Colorado Charter School Watch @cocharterwatch.bsky.social · 2d

"(B)ehind its messaging is a decades-long campaign by powerful business and political elites to weaken traditional public schools and replace them with a mix of charter schools, microschools, and, eventually, private school vouchers." #COleg #COpol

OPINION: ‘Colorado Schools Fund’ Making the Case for Market-Based Education – Pagosa Daily Post News Events & Video for Pagosa Springs Colorado

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Colorado Charter School Watch @cocharterwatch.bsky.social · 2d

"As it did two years ago, the DPS race is drawing big spending from Better Leaders, Stronger Schools, an independent expenditure committee, or super PAC, which can spend unlimited sums of money to influence elections but is barred from coordinating directly with candidates."

Colorado election 2025: School board races | Colorado Newsline

Seats on at least two dozen Colorado school district boards are up for grabs in the 2025 off-year election.

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Colorado Charter School Watch @cocharterwatch.bsky.social · 2d

This sketchy company operates three Colorado cybercharters with your tax $$$. #COleg #COpol

Did A Cyber School Giant Try To Hide Its Troubles By Attacking A Public School?

From Forbes.com

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Colorado Charter School Watch @cocharterwatch.bsky.social · 3d

They all love charter schools, with Bennet’s unwavering support.

Colorado Charter School Watch @cocharterwatch.bsky.social · 3d

Do you know where your CO tax $$$ are going? This new MAGA charter school in DougCo ... #COleg #Copol

"Liberty-based" Colorado charter breaks ground as first school in Sterling Ranch, amid traffic concerns

Sterling Ranch's first school broke ground Wednesday. While it previously sparked debate by some community members concerned about its ideological framework, it's now the traffic plan for the new scho...

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Colorado Charter School Watch @cocharterwatch.bsky.social · 3d

Charter school boosters stick together. That's why this NYC billionaire is backing @michaelbennet.bsky.social Vote @philweiser.bsky.social #COpol

Billionaire Michael Bloomberg reshapes early race for Colorado governor

Bloomberg has poured half a million dollars into helping Sen. Michael Bennet defeat Attorney General Phil Weiser in the Democratic primary.

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Colorado Charter School Watch @cocharterwatch.bsky.social · 3d

Hey, CO taxpayers: Did you know we're footing the bill for "Colorado's first Christian public school"? #COleg #COpol

Colorado Department of Education challenges funding eligibility for ‘first public Christian school’

EDITOR’S NOTE: An earlier version of this story reported that Riverstone Academy was a charter school. Because it is authorized by the Education ReEnvisioned BOCES, it is considered a contract school ...

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Colorado Charter School Watch @cocharterwatch.bsky.social · 4d

How the Colorado Schools Fund is setting up the case for vouchers coloradonewsline.com/2025/10/17/c...

How the Colorado Schools Fund is setting up the case for vouchers | Colorado Newsline

The Colorado Schools Fund is quietly playing a pivotal role in shaping the charter school movement and public acceptance of vouchers.

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Colorado Charter School Watch @cocharterwatch.bsky.social · 9d

Different state; same old complaints: "Ascent Classical Academies had an acrimonious stint of operating classical charter schools in Colorado, which ended with the school’s governing board prematurely terminating its contract with the management group." #COleg #COpol

Parents To Stage Walkout Of South Carolina Charter School - FITSNews

"Where's this money going?"

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Colorado Charter School Watch @cocharterwatch.bsky.social · 10d

"Colorado could not rate the performance of most online schools last spring, because nearly three-quarters of the schools did not produce enough data — four times the rate of public schools in general.” #COleg #COpol

Online enrollment grows in Colorado but there’s little information about performance

Seven out of every 10 online schools had too little data about performance to get a rating from the state.

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Colorado Charter School Watch @cocharterwatch.bsky.social · 13d

“ 'When we attack charter schools, we’re attacking the educators at those schools,' said (District 3 candidate) Caron Blanke."
WTH? Doesn't this apply to attacks on ALL public schools? What makes charters immune from criticism? #COleg #COpol

7 takeaways from Denver school board candidate forum

Candidates for the Denver Public Schools Board of Education clashed Tuesday over Superintendent Alex Marrero’s leadership, declining enrollment, school closures, new limits on public comment, and how ...

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Colorado Charter School Watch @cocharterwatch.bsky.social · 13d

"Donovan is also on the board of KIPP schools in DPS and the League of Charter Schools. Of six KIPP schools, four are in the “improvement” category. Three of “improvement” KIPP schools exceed 80% of children in low-income status. These schools benefit from closures of DPS district schools." #COpol

Policy leaders fan foundational flames of Colorado's public ed blaze | NOONAN

Smoke gets in your eyes when our leaders blow wildfire blasts to deflect from unhappy truths. Our public education foundations are ablaze, and too many of our public education policy leaders are fanni...

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Colorado Charter School Watch @cocharterwatch.bsky.social · 14d

FOLLOW THE MONEY: "The deep-pocketed Denver Families Action political group, which has charter-school ties, is hoping to complete the flip of the DPS school board that the organization began in 2023, when all three of its candidates won and unseated two union-backed incumbents." #COpol #COleg

Denver school board majority at stake in November’s election

The high-stakes election has already generated more than $255,000 in campaign spending from political groups.

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Colorado Charter School Watch @cocharterwatch.bsky.social · 14d

"Over just eight months, department officials have opened a $500 million tap for charter schools, a huge outlay for an option that often draws children from traditional public schools." #COleg #COpol

These Activists Want to Dismantle Public Schools. Now They Run the Education Department.

Under Trump, the Department of Education has been bringing in activists hostile to public schools. It could mean a new era of private and religious schools boosted by tax dollars — and the end of publ...

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Colorado Charter School Watch @cocharterwatch.bsky.social · 16d

Want the top-ranked school for your kid? Find the one with the wealthiest parents.

Best high school in Colorado? Cherry Creek, Fairview made the list, but not at #1

Niche picked the best high schools in Colorado and across the country. See how your school did.

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Colorado Charter School Watch @cocharterwatch.bsky.social · 16d

This charter school scandal in NOLA deserves more attention: "Raqchel Young’s daughter Jessica lost a $60,000 college scholarship after she left Kennedy’s graduation empty-handed in 2019. Now, at age 25, she’s struggling to enroll in college."

Kennedy High grads who were denied diplomas can continue lawsuit, judges rule | The Lens

Appellate judges in New Orleans certify class-action lawsuit lodged by students who endured Kennedy High School’s graduation scandal several years ago.

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Colorado Charter School Watch @cocharterwatch.bsky.social · 21d

"Public school funding has also taken a hit from a push to create what Allegretto described as a 'separate' education system, where tax dollars follow students who attend private charter schools not accessible to all students."

Report: Colorado teachers face highest 'pay penalty' in nation | KiowaCountyPress.net

Public schoolteachers in Colorado earn nearly 40 percent less than other college graduates.

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Colorado Charter School Watch @cocharterwatch.bsky.social · 24d

Colorado Charter School Watch @cocharterwatch.bsky.social · Sep 23

NCLB was passed by Congress in 2001 at the urging of George W. Bush; NEA and AFT were strongly opposed; worked for its repeal. But the writer's corporate underwriters hate unions, so why bother with the truth?

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Colorado Charter School Watch @cocharterwatch.bsky.social · Sep 23

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Independence Institute - SourceWatch

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Colorado Charter School Watch @cocharterwatch.bsky.social · Sep 23

Follow the money: Complete Colorado is funded by Independence Institute, which is funded by right-wing donors that include the NRA. #COleg #COpol

Teacher unions driving the bus on public school failure - Complete Colorado

The Colorado teacher union passed a resolution declaring capitalism exploits children, public schools, land, labor, and resources

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Colorado Charter School Watch @cocharterwatch.bsky.social · Sep 18

"Denver is not an outlier — it’s a warning. A bipartisan coalition normalized the idea that public education should be run like an investment portfolio, where schools are opened, closed, and “reconstituted” based on technocratic dashboards and political spending." #COpol #COleg

The Bipartisan March Toward Gutting Public Schools, in Denver and Beyond

Is public education a public or a private good? This issue is at the heart of the school choice debate sweeping the country. Advocates for school choice are advancing policies...

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Colorado Charter School Watch @cocharterwatch.bsky.social · Sep 13

"The state board stated the district’s decision to reject the application was not in the best interest of the students, the school or the community." So, the state board knows the Montrose community better than its locally elected board members? #COleg #COpol

Board of Education remands Montrose charter school decision

MONTROSE COUNTY, Colo. (KREX) – The Montrose County School District Board of Education will have to reconsider opening a charter school after the Colorado State Board of Education remanded the MCSD’s ...

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