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?...

"The U.S. Department of Education announced that it will work with numerous rightwing groups to design a civics curriculum...It will also be illegal. Since 1970, federal law prohibits any federal official from being involved in curriculum in any way." #edusky dianeravitch.net/2025/09/18/d...

Larry Cuban gets it! Here's why standardized testing FAILS as a true measure of student learning. Missing are "civic engagement, knowledge of the humanities, moral character, working in teams, critical thinking, and independent decision making." larrycuban.wordpress.com/2025/09/12/w...

coloradotimesrecorder.com/2025/09/the-... @flbaloney.bsky.social @joshuaweishart.bsky.social @4publiceducation.bsky.social @rhondasolis.bsky.social @azbethlewis.bsky.social @sosarizona.org @nataliehastings.bsky.social @honesty4ohioed.bsky.social @eviehudak.bsky.social @chrislub.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! @derekwblack.bsky.social @workingfamiliesco.bsky.social @lsweeneymiran.bsky.social @julielb.bsky.social @azbethlewis.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...

"If public education is to survive, Democrats will have to come up with an explanation for why we have public schools that goes beyond bloodless workforce preparation." @jenniferberkshire.bsky.social's latest in @thebaffler.com

“D11 teachers are going on strike this fall because our Board of Education is full of anti-union, anti-teacher and anti-student members,” said educator and Colorado Springs Education Association (CSEA) member Sam Farnham. coloradotimesrecorder.com/2025/09/teac...

"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...

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...

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

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?...

"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...

"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...

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...

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

Science of Reading as a marketing ploy. www.masspoliticsprofs.org/2025/08/08/e...

Leave early childhood education alone. Early learning doesn’t need to be redefined by AI. #EduSky nancyebailey.com/2025/07/28/a...

"Charter expansion is often marketed as “parental choice.” But without information, there is no real choice — only manipulation." #CharterSchoolFail Read more at: www.miamiherald.com/opinion/op-e...

"Here’s Polis rolling out the Let’s Get Ready Initiative, 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.'" #COleg

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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...

The anti-education media is WRONG! "70% of students in the U.S. are performing as we would expect them to perform despite increased rigor and content complexity over the decades." @plthomasedd.bsky.social @npeaction.bsky.social @carolburris.bsky.social www.learningforjustice.org/magazine/und...

Tom Ultican: Christian Nationalism Comes for the Schools - Separation of church and state has been an honored tradition in American life and law for generations. dianeravitch.net/2025/08/05/t... via @dianeravitch #SickPolitics

Commentary: Gov. Jared Polis downplays many benefits of education as he promotes corporate-backed job preparedness By @mcolorado.bsky.social

When Trump signed the "big beautiful bill" he gave state leaders the power to decide whether and how to participate in the first-ever national tax credit scholarship program. For progressives and education advocates who are wary of school vouchers, the decision is fraught. From @stateline.org

The line on the left is not between progressives and moderates but between fighers and folders, to paraphrase Brad Lander. With that in mind, think about Gov. Polis this weekend joining on stage top members of Trump's fascist regime.

This comes under the NGA leadership of Gov. Jared Polis, a Democrat who too often lets his inner MAGA show. This weekend he plans to oversee an NGA meeting that includes appearances by two cabinet members from Trump's fascist administration. From @theatlantic.com

Website is updated with most recent articles and media appearances including two new stories about community schools making a positive difference for kids and families. edpolitics.org

Walton Family continues to fund school privatization through more charter schools in line with the Trump administration. www.waltonfamilyfoundation.org/more-capital...

Another Colorado charter school closes leaving parents scrambling to find a school. kdvr.com/news/local/d...

"Today, the charter sector stands at a reckoning point. Growth has slowed. For-profit models are expanding. The push to create religious charter schools has fractured the movement from within." And now they have to compete with a voucher system! networkforpubliceducation.org/charter-scho...

National Governors Association chair Jared Polis promotes corporate education reform supported by billionaire-funded City Fund and the Walton Family Foundation. McMahon plans to ask Governors, "Are you opening more charter schools" since a "rising tide lifts all boats!" www.nga.org/news/press-r...

"...the Accountability System must be ruled unconstitutional. Like segregation, it must be seen not as a failed policy, but as a violation of fundamental rights—rights to equity, dignity, and a future not determined by a single test score." voicesempower.com/set-public-e...

Amazing. Right out in the open: "universities are free to do research as long as they're sympathetic to the administration." I want to personally play this clip in the face of every fucking clown who spent the last several years pretending that the left is the "real" threat to free speech.

@a4pep.bsky.social hosted a conversation with investigative journalist Katherine Stewart, whose work has exposed how Christian nationalism and billionaire-funded networks are strategically undermining public education. You can listen, & share, that conversation here www.a4pep.org/forums...

Colorado Governor Polis sides with Trump's fellow billionaire Education Secretary in promoting "school choice." McMahon applauds "states that are expanding charter schools, education savings accounts, and tax credit scholarships." @network4pubed.bsky.social www.coloradopolitics.com/colorado-in-...