Not a good look for our blue state. @colorado.gov #COleg #COpol

@colorado.gov is delusional when it comes to this Trump tax credit. The governor's wealthy friends will benefit; Colorado's public schools will suffer. #COpol #COleg

With little notice, the Jackson-Madison Co. (TN) school board has approved a “faith-based Christian” charter school to be sponsored by Union University, a Baptist institution. The school stands a chance of becoming first openly religious charter school in US. www.christianpost.com/news/school-...

Why has NYC billionaire Michael Bloomberg donated $2.5 million to @michaelbennet.bsky.social? They both love charter schools and ed privatization. Our neighborhood schools need @philforcolorado.bsky.social #COpol #COleg

The dirty little secret in the charter school world: Management fees paid to out-of-state for-profit operators. $1.5+ million, in this case. 1/3 #COpol #COleg

Voucher proponents are shameless in pitching taxpayer support for their exclusive schools. These tax credits will benefit the wealthy, not kids in need. #COpol #COleg @colorado.gov @philforcolorado.bsky.social

Attorney Brad Miller is the go-to guy for Colorado's right-wing charter schools. #COpol #COleg

Great news for CO taxpayers who don’t support the funding of right-wing indoctrination. #COleg #COpol

NPE #AnotherDayAnotherCharterScandal for April. Top stories: ➡️ Minnesota: More Charter Schools Fail & Close in the First State to Open a Charter School ➡️ Former CEO of Chicago Charter School Network Charged With Misappropriating More Than $103,000 networkforpubliceduc...

Linda McMahon depleted a federal early learning grant & reduced funding for gifted & talented programs to increase the Charter School Program (CSP) to half a billion dollars a year. Send your email today to stop the charter school cash grab! actionnetwork.org/le...

Tell Congress: Fund Students Not For-Profit-Run Charter Schools actionnetwork.org/le... @dianeravitch.bsky.social @carolburris.bsky.social @delauro.house.gov @repbonamici.bsky.social @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social

Hey, CO lawmakers: SHUT THIS DOWN! Colorado tax dollars should not be used for lift tickets for homeschoolers. #COpol #COleg

How's this for efficient use of tax dollars? Two adjoining elementary schools. #COpol #COleg

School choice playbook: If the results don't live up to the claims, change the rules. #COpol #COleg

"(R)eformers envisioned charter schools, with independence from regulations and union agreements hindering traditional public schools, would innovate education strategies that would close achievement and opportunity gaps." #COleg #COpol

@johnlegend.bsky.social "John Legend wasn’t there for us. He was there to give community cover to the privatization of Indianapolis public schools ..."

#COpol #COleg

"School 'choice,' a corollary of the charter school movement, has led to an out-of-control mish mash of 'authorized' enrichment programs that receive taxpayer dollars without transparency or accountability." #COleg #COpol

Gym class is tough at this Texas charter school ...

Delta County classical charter school proposal: "Board President Beth Suppes also pushed back on allegations that she is getting paid to push charter school approval through, and that she is trying to open a religious school in the district." #COleg #COpol

No surprise that Ken Witt and friends are at the public trough for this boondoggle: "ERBOCES, the authorizer of the state’s first 'public Christian school,; will receive around $45 million in state money for its homeschool enrichment students this year." #COleg #COpol @a4pep.bsky.social

#COleg #COpol @cohousedem.bsky.social @cosendem.bsky.social @colorado.gov

Bad news for families, but a timely reminder that 55% of charter schools fail within 20 years. #COpol #COleg @nccsa.bsky.social

Just a reminder that @bennet.senate.gov is a co-sponsor on multiple bills designed to bolster the charter school industry, including one that would use federal tax $$$ to coerce states into handing charter schools access to public buildings and facilities funding at below-market rates. #COleg #COpol

Charter grifters turn to an old trick, first used by disgraced state super in Indiana. #COleg #COpol @npeaction.bsky.social @nccsa.bsky.social

Is this how all Third Future schools operate? "(T)he charter schools do have a reputation of 'teaching to the test,' as a way of raising student performance scores. One of the tactics used is to time students with a stop watch, giving the students 45 seconds to come up with an answer." #COleg

Looks like Colorado's out-of-state charter operations are booming like a Texas oil field. #COleg #COpol

Your weekly reminder that "school choice" is really "school's choice." Charter/voucher schools weed out students. #COpol #COleg @colorado.gov

Orton Academy is undoubtedly a great program for dyslexic students. But why don't we fund traditional public schools so they can make these niche curriculum programs available to all students? #COpol #COleg

Interesting what a decade-plus of lackluster performance can do for schools that promised to be better than traditional public schools. And the scandals, self-dealing and Christian nationalism didn't help. #COleg #COpol

@colorado.gov Polis' effort to look centrist might backfire when MAGA voters find out the federal voucher program he supports could funnel tax dollars to the Chinese Communist Party. #COpol

Educators in Colorado deserve livable wages & better working conditions. I stand with the Sheridan educators now on strike and support funding public education adequately. In solidarity with the teachers, I ask the district return to the bargaining table. www.denverpost.com/2026/04/01/s...

We Believe in Local Control (April Fools'!) @colorado.gov @bennet.senate.gov

A cautionary tale: In Indianapolis, charter school grifters have succeeded in seizing control of all public schools. Who needs elected school boards, right? #COpol #COleg

And we saw you close neighborhood public schools in favor of creating new charter schools - many of which failed. You don't improve public schools by taking away their funding and giving it to charters who can pick and choose their students. @cocharterwatch.bsky.social @a4pep.bsky.social

Texas charter schools set for Colorado-style makeover: "Teachers hired by (Third Future) tend to earn premium salaries, but they must stick to a tight script and work a longer school day and school calendar than their peers." #COpol

NPE report Broken Promises: An Analysis of Charter School Closures From 1999 – 2017 provides first comprehensive examination of charter failure rates over time. We were able to determine how long they lasted before closing down. Read the report here networkforpubliceduc...

If the charter school lobby wants to be treated the same as traditional public schools on construction funding, they can sign on to the same accountability/transparency standards traditional public schools must follow. #COleg #COpol @cathykipp.bsky.social

"(Culture warriors) would like to send taxpayer dollars to private Christian schools, and they would like to inject Christian Nationalism into whatever public schools they aren’t able to dismantle. The rhetoric of school choice was just conveniently sitting there ..." #COpol #COleg

@cocharterwatch.bsky.social @a4pep.bsky.social

In less than 3 years, we found over 400 stories of theft/fraud in charter schools. You can find them here networkforpubliceduc... Lack of regulation. Invitation for grift. #AnotherDayAnotherCharterScandal

School voucher program? Nebraska voters are not having it. @colorado.gov #COpol #COleg

@michaelbennet.bsky.social has received tons of cash from charter school champion Michael Bloomberg. What might that mean for Colorado's traditional public schools? #COpol #COleg

Michael Bennet is not being transparent about close to $2 million donations from dark money & pro-charter school proponents. They'll want a return for their investment. Not what Colorado wants. #philforgovernor supports public education. #copolitics networkforpubliceducation.org/coming-soon-...

This was always the plan: weaken public education, then funnel public money into private schools. Now we’re seeing $90 million in taxpayer dollars used to expand private school spaces while public classrooms don't have the resources they need. edmontonsun.com/news/local-n...

This one got caught. #COpol #COleg

Charter school supporters like to keep taxpayers in the dark. #FOIA #COpol #Coleg

"Arrington’s resume includes providing legal representation for a charter school that banned its valedictorian from coming out as gay in his graduation speech." #COpol #COleg

Bad news for all us who don't believe our tax $$$ should go to churches. #COpol #COleg

"DFER’s mission has always been to convince Democrats that they should be backing ed reform ideas from the right. It’s standard to find them trying hard to convince Democrats that it would be a winning strategy ..." #COpol #COleg