News Articles

Choice Scholarship Program (aka School Vouchers)

Articles

Douglas County School Voucher Program Gets Day in State Appeals Court  Carlos Illescas, Denver Post, 11/19/12

Voucher-Case Arguments Loom  Jane Reuter, Our Colorado News, 11/15/12

Mickey Mouse Strikes Back  Joshua Dunn and Martha Derthick, Education Next, Spring 2012

Rally in Castle Rock, Colorado, Praises School Choice and Assails Teachers Unions  Karen Auge, The Denver Post, 1/25/12

Opinion

Colorado Should Expand its School Choice  Krista Kafer, Denver Post, 2/2/13

Milwaukee School Choice Beats the Alternative  Patrick J. Wolf and John F. Witte, Journal Sentinel, 1/17/13

Selective Outrage over ‘Public Money to Private Institutions’  Brandon Dutcher, Edmondsun.com, 2/1/12

Commentary:  School Choice Gives Teachers Options, Too Tim Farmer, EdNews Colorado, 1/26/12

Commentary:  School Choice Week Celebrates Options Jared Polis, EdNews Colorado, 1/26/12

Education Reform Based on School Choice Andrew Campanella, CNN Schools of Thought, 1/25/12

School Choice

Marco Rubio Pitches Federal Private School Choice (“Voucher”) Program  Ron Matus, redefinED, 2/13/13

Florida Fifth-Grader Does His Homework on School Choice  Sherri Ackerman, redefinED, 2/11/13

Let’s Talk About Broader School Choice  Wendy Howard, redefinED, 2/7/13

Private School Choice Options Shouldn’t be Limited to Students in “Failing Schools”  Doug Tuthill, redefinED, 2/5/13

Michelle Rhee:  My Break With the Democrats  The Daily Beast, 2/4/13

Private School Vouchers Mesh With Progressive Democratic Party Values  Doug Tuthill, redefinED, 2/4/13

National School Choice Week:  49 Million Students Still Without Options  Maureen Downey, Atlanta Journal Constitution, 1/21/13

Jindal’s Education Plan Expands Vouchers, Trims Tenure  Education Debate at Online Schools, 1/31/12

Louisiana’s Plan to Empower Parents Through School Choice  Rachel Sheffield, The Foundry, 1/30/12

Celebrating School Choice Week  Mike Brownfield, Morning Bell, 1/23/12

CU-Boulder Students Stand Up for Low-Income Peers  Whitney Bryen, ColoradoDaily.com, 1/20/12

NJ Gov Christie Proposes Indiana-Style Voucher Program  Victor, Public School Spending.com, 1/20/12

Another Victory for School Choice  Las Vegas Review-Journal, 1/18/12

Online Learning

Why We Chose an Online School  Tillie Elvrum, EdNewsColorado, 2/1/13

“The Rise of K-12 Blended Learning” Michael B. Horn and Heather Staker 1/11

Charter Schools

State’s Charter School Laws Rank 4th in Nation  Julie Poppen, EdNewsColorado, 1/29/13

What’s a Charter School, Anyway?  Great Schools

Are National Charter Schools a Game Changer or a Fad?  Alan J. Borsuk, JSOnline, 1/21/12

New Tools Will Improve Charters  Denise Mund, EdNews Colorado, 1/19/12

‘Occupiers’ Take on Charter Schools  Victor, Public School Spending.com, 1/6/12

Promising Wisconsin Charter Proposal Suffocated by Defenders of the Education Establishment  Victor, Public School Spending.com, 1/3/12

When Charter Schools Reflect a Spiritual Culture  Doug Tuthill, RedefinED, 12/29/11

 

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