Do The Math: More Money Doesn't Equal Quality Education
Election season must be here because tired old myths have reemerged about where Colorado stands in funding K-12 education.
Former state legislator Phil Pankey returned from the Granby Rotary Club meeting on September 7, knowing he had heard the East Grand School District superintendent tout misinformation in a public presentation.
Nullifying the Probationary Period: Extra Job Protection for Many New Jeffco Teachers Takes Priority over Kids
The three-year probationary period for teachers is enshrined in Colorado Revised Statutes and serves to make sure teachers who are unable to fulfill professional qualifications can be removed before they receive their tenure rights. However, Colorado’s largest school district—Jefferson County R-1 (Jeffco)—has a negotiated policy that nullifies the purpose of the probationary period:
How Many Laws Did You Break This Week? Overcriminalization in Colorado
There is a principle in jurisprudence that “ignorance of the law is no excuse.”1 In other words, no one can justify his illegal conduct on the grounds that he was unaware of the law. But what happens when the sheer volume, complexity, and ambiguity of the law means that neither citizens, nor the government, can reasonably know what is and is not against the law?
