“Dark money, particularly the kind linked to billionaires, is a growing turn off for voters, and at a time when the Trump Administration is gunning for public schools, including those in Denver, the sales pitch for education reform is falling flat.” open.substack.com/pub/educatio...

NAACP says NO to the "enactment of policies that have undermined public education while simultaneously promoting private and charter school alternatives." @npeaction.bsky.social @dianeravitch.bsky.social @carolburris.bsky.social @coloradonewsline.com naacp.org/resources/ha...

In Colorado note the BILLIONAIRE anti-Mamandi funder EDUCATION ties: *Bloomberg gave $500,000 to Sen. Michael Bennet *Reed Hastings-his nonprofit funded the losing pro-charter school slate * Alice Walton-funds charter schools. @deepnotshallow.bsky.social www.forbes.com/sites/sarado...

We covered several of the state’s hotly contested school districts this year. Here's our pre-election coverage and a look at where the vote totals stand this morning.

Early, unofficial Colorado election results Tuesday night showed progressive, union-backed and Democratic-affiliated candidates leading in many of the highest-profile races at the local level. By @chasewoodruff.bsky.social

Denver can elect school board members who "champion the public-good vision...or they can double down on a model driven by competition, choice, and private market logic." @copublicedwatch.bsky.social @coloradonewsline.com @jennybrundincpr.bsky.social medium.com/@jfiske80/de...

"Will Denver voters again follow Johnston’s lead and elect school board candidates funded by billionaire-backed reform networks? Or will they push back against the privatization agenda shaping Denver’s public schools for over two decades?" coloradotimesrecorder.com/2025/10/denv...

LATEST on the Denver school board race! "If elected, these candidates and their fellow travelers will fire the superintendent, defend charter schools over any other priorities, and bring on the chaos. These candidates will be a cabal not a board." www.coloradopolitics.com/2025/10/30/a...

"Johnston’s record and his alliances make one thing clear: his vision for DPS reflects a market-driven model of education, not the democratic, community-based system that public school advocates continue to fight for every day." @lisafordenver.bsky.social coloradotimesrecorder.com/2025/10/denv...

"For decades, billionaires and corporate investors have promoted policies and funded organizations that weaken public school systems... The Colorado Schools Fund is simply the latest, well-financed group furthering that agenda." @coloradonewsline.com networkforpubliceducation.org/blog-content...

Billionaire "Dark Money" is in Denver's school board race-to privatize the school system. @dianeravitch.bsky.social @carolburris.bsky.social @npeaction.bsky.social @network4pubed.bsky.social @cocharterwatch.bsky.social @philinvestigates.com @palan57.bsky.social www.instagram.com/p/DQSqiFbDSLc/

Oh my GOD! I didn't get it when you posted this. EVERYONE MUST READ/SEE THIS! WTH! This is an appalling commentary on the history of the physical place we know as the White House. It is outrageous to see these events displayed in this context of remodeling the East wing.

My god. Look at the “Major Events Timeline.“ We are living in hell. www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-wh...

Which billionaires are behind the DARK MONEY in school board elections and why? Listen to Alyssa Bowen, Executive Director at True North Research. Denver Public Schools is a prime example of this effort to privatize the public schools. @npeaction.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5Pf...

How the Colorado Schools Fund is setting up the case for vouchers - For Colorado families, the stakes could not be higher coloradonewsline.com... @a4pep.bsky.social @mcolorado.bsky.social

TEACHERS are done with the DAMAGE caused by the decades of a "turbulent Education REFORM era" in Denver. Too much burnout, staff turnover, instability, loss of voice, and inequitable resources. @npeaction.bsky.social @janicemarchman.bsky.social @philinvestigates.com denverite.com/2025/10/17/d...

Outside groups pour dark money into Denver Public Schools board races, again denverite.com/2025/10/17/d... #EDUSky #Denver @cprnews.bsky.social @odoschools.bsky.social

Test scores dont tell the REAL story of a student's learning experience. "If our public schools have gotten off track, it's only because too many schools have been forced to focus too much on STANDARDIZED TESTING and too many teachers have been DEPROFESSIONALIZED." www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Mol...

Over half a MILLION dollars has been spent in DPS school baord race on ADS by a group with lots of $$ from BILLIONAIRES Reed Hastings and John Arnold. coloradotimesrecorder.com/2025/10/outs... DCTA, teacher union, says they are "trying to BUY the election." coloradonewsline.com/2025/10/16/c...

Denver REPUBLICANS endorse for DENVER school board candidates-Magaña, Blanke, del Hierro, and Harris. REPUBLICANS also OPPOSE healthy meals for school kids and a NO vote on banning flavored tobacco! @copublicedwatch.bsky.social @cocharterwatch.bsky.social @jessicaforcoed.bsky.social

DEGUIRE: Here's a closer look at how wealthy pro-charter donors and political networks are steering Denver’s 2025 school board elections, and what that means for the future of public education. coloradotimesrecorder.com/2025/10/outs...

DARK MONEY in play..AGAIN..in the Denver Public Schools school board race. BILLIONAIRES John Arnold and Reed Hastings gave $4 million to Denver Families group. THIS PRO-CHARTER SCHOOL group is using the MONEY to sway voters-TV ads,flyers,calls, signs,etc. coloradotimesrecorder.com/2025/10/outs...

Join A4PEP in our next webinar with Alyssa Bowen, Director of the Equality Project at True North Research. She will unpack the rising influence of dark money in local school board elections. @npeaction.bsky.social @network4pubed.bsky.social @carolburris.bsky.social us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Denver Public Schools are showing strong success in learning growth for all students, faster than state peers. But test scores are not the whole picture! Students thrive in ALL areas when they have the essential resources in each local neighborhood school. www.elsemanarioonline.com/con-promesa-...

dianeravitch.net/2025/09/24/t... @eviehudak.bsky.social @tcharleschapman.bsky.social @thorntoncivics.net @janicemarchman.bsky.social @cocharterwatch.bsky.social @co4inclusiveed.bsky.social @nancyebailey.bsky.social @jennybrundincpr.bsky.social @flbaloney.bsky.social @workingfamilies.org

Pro-charter groups try to push a "failing schools" narrative in Denver even though DPS achieved an "ACCREDITED" rating for the first time since 2019. Teachers support school board candidates who "get their school environments and living needs." www.coloradopolitics.com/2025/09/24/e...

Four Colorado school board members share their thoughts on: ✨ Privatization with the "charter school experiment" and its impact on their communities ✨ The push for federal vouchers ✨ Declining enrollment/school closures ✨ The harm caused by high-stakes standardized testing youtu.be/8kWIRjG_Jik?...

This is a massive, history making abuse of your power. It will define your legacy and one day you will come to regret punishing free speech and trying to destroy democracy.

The federal government is dictating what speech is permitted. *DISNEY SAYS 'JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE' TO BE PREEMPTED INDEFINITELY

coloradotimesrecorder.com/2025/09/the-... @npeaction.bsky.social @network4pubed.bsky.social @dianeravitch.bsky.social @derekwblack.bsky.social @julielb.bsky.social @professorjvh.bsky.social @janicemarchman.bsky.social @lisaweil.bsky.social @publiced412.bsky.social @carolburris.bsky.social

"The conversation is now about the ideological capture of schools, universities, and a variety of other institutions." The new "School Choice" is all about promoting IDEOLOGY, not options. @npeaction.bsky.social @network4pubed.bsky.social curmudgucation.blogspot.com/2025/09/the-...

Join Xochitl Gaytan, Rhonda Solis, Karla Esser, and Lucy Molina for a lively discussion of current issues facing Colorado school boards! @jasonsalzman.bsky.social @chasewoodruff.bsky.social @story4co.bsky.social @jennybrundincpr.bsky.social @network4pubed.bsky.social www.a4pep.org/hot-button-i...

School board members today face mounting pressures, and the stakes for public education have never been higher. Join A4PEP for this timely webinar. @npeaction.bsky.social @publiced412.bsky.social @publicedpartners.bsky.social @wjhowell.bsky.social www.a4pep.org/hot-button-i...

Denver Families Action is the “political arm” of Denver Families for Public Schools, funded by BILLIONAIRE donors. Will Denver voters allow outside MONEY to dictate the future of their schools? @npeaction.bsky.social @publiced412.bsky.social@coloradonewsline.com dianeravitch.net/2025/09/09/d...

"BS Testing has warped schooling itself. We waste soooo much time on the test. If we're looking for things to reform, axing the BS Test would be a great place to start." @palan57.bsky.social @npeaction.bsky.social @publiced412.bsky.social curmudgucation.blogspot.com/2025/09/the-...

Speaking of the "Workers Over Billionaires" event, billiionaires have been funding many Colorado charter schools for years, while public schools lose resources. @npeaction.bsky.social @masspolprofmo.bsky.social @democracynow.org @publiced412.bsky.social coloradotimesrecorder.com/2024/02/colo...

Joining with thousands in the "Workers Over Billionaires" DENVER event to support all the workers, immigrants, and teachers who deserve protections, fair wages, and better living conditions. @npeaction.bsky.social @masspolprofmo.bsky.social @amiebacaoehlert.bsky.social@publiced412.bsky.social

"It’s time to stop chasing the ghost of what charter schools might have been—and start holding the system accountable for what it has become....Taxpayers are footing the bill for schools that fail to open, fail to serve, or fail to survive." @npeaction.bsky.social progressive.org/public-schoo...

Community Schools and Why Democrats Should Support Them https://f.mtr.cool/jbtxxpipnx Democrats will align their party with a proven way to ensure positive differences one community at a time. @jeffbcdm #communityschools

Billionaires are behind "Denver Families Action"as they endorse school board candidates in November's Denver election. @npeaction.bsky.social @masspolprofmo.bsky.social @derekwblack.bsky.social @dianeravitch.bsky.social www.chalkbeat.org/colorado/202... coloradonewsline.com/2025/08/29/d...

Christian nationalism isn’t just knocking on the door. It’s already reshaping school boards, public policy, and the lives of students across Colorado. @npeaction.bsky.social @coloradonewsline.com @carolburris.bsky.social @dianeravitch.bsky.social @derekwblack.bsky.social youtu.be/27SesUBzK1c?...

“THIS IS ABOUT RACISM. If you can’t hear it from them, hear it from me.” 🔥 Texas Rep. @voteannjohnson.bsky.social didn’t hold back about the racist Trump/Republican election-stealing maps.

Pro-charter school groups have given nearly $200,000 to Bennet's campaign for Colorado's Governor: Colorado League of Charter Schools Action, Denver Families for Public Schools, Stand for Children, 50CAN Action Fund. @dianeravitch.bsky.social @carolburris.bsky.social coloradosun.com/2025/07/21/m...

"The Colorado Charter School Instittute...has a nine-member board, seven of whom are appointed by the governor, so if the governor's policy is "Gimme more of those charter schools," the board can help implement that policy." @carolburris.bsky.social curmudgucation.blogspot.com/2025/08/co-f...

Colorado Democratic governor describes "an impossibly dreary vision of K-12 education that hinges on a “cradle-to-career coordination system that tracks how kids are doing, longitudinally, from pre-K through high school into higher education and the workforce.”

The Closure of Colorado Skies Academy Shows Why the Colorado Charter School Institute Must Go coloradotimesrecorde... #AnotherDayAnotherCharterScandal @mcolorado.bsky.social @a4pep.bsky.social @cocharterwatch.bsky.social @electrobrogers.bsky.social

Education Week: "So what changed? Politics, according to Burris. “It depends on the legislature. Charter schools have become a cause of the Republican Party,” she said. When Montana had a governor who was a Democrat, the state “rejected charter schools,” www.edweek.org/policy-polit...