Deferred Retirement Compensation for Career K-12 Employees: Understanding the...
IP-9-2008 (December 2008) Author: Micheal Mannino PDF of full Issue Paper Scribd version of full Issue Paper Executive Summary The debate about defined benefit pensions in K-12 education has focused on...
View ArticleThe Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Will President Obama's School Reform Bring...
IP-10-2008 (December 2008) Author: Robert Maranto, Gary Ritter, and Sandra Stotsky PDF of full Issue Paper Scribd version of full Issue Paper Executive Summary Barack Obama aspires to be an education...
View ArticleColorado's Homeschool Law Turns Twenty: The Battle Should Never Be Forgotten
IP-12-2008 (December 2008) Author: Marya DeGrow PDF of full Issue Paper Scribd version of full Issue Paper Executive Summary Beginning in the late 1970s, as parents became dissatisfied with the public...
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Colorado Schools and Association Release Time: Making the Privilege...
IP-1-2010 (February 2010) Author: Ben DeGrow PDF of full Issue Paper Scribd version of full Issue Paper Executive Summary For the sake of public accountability and transparency, Colorado needs more...
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Pioneering Teacher Compensation Reform: K-12 Educator Pay Innovation in Colorado
IP-2-2011 (March 2011) Author: Ben DeGrow PDF of full Issue Paper Scribd version of full Issue Paper Executive Summary The transformation of teacher compensation is an integral piece of improving the...
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Time to Show the Money: Complying with Colorado’s Public School Financial...
IP-8-2011 (October 2011) Author: Devan Crean, Education Policy Center Research Associate Co-author: Ben DeGrow PDF of full Issue Paper Scribd version of full Issue Paper Update, November 21: The...
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Choosing a Colorado Online School for Your Child
IP-9-2011 (November 2011) Authors: Ella Peterson, Education Policy Center Research Associate, and Pamela Benigno PDF of full Issue Paper Scribd version of full Issue Paper Executive Summary The use of...
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A Chronology of School Choice in the U.S.
IP-3-2007 (Revised April 2012) Author: Krista Kafer PDF of full Issue Paper Scribd version of full Issue Paper Executive Summary School choice predates American nationhood. Until the mid-19th century,...
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Online Course-Level Funding: Toward Colorado Secondary Self-Blended Learning...
IP-4-2012 (May 2012) Author: Ben DeGrow PDF of full Issue Paper Scribd version of full Issue Paper Executive Summary Many Colorado secondary students may benefit from greater opportunity to take a...
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A Scholarship Tax Credit Program for Colorado
IP-2-2013 (February 2013) Author: Ben DeGrow PDF of full Issue Paper Scribd version of full Issue Paper Executive Summary Scholarship tax credits increase the opportunity for K-12 students to access...
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On the Road of Innovation: Colorado’s Charter School Law Turns 20
IP-4-2013 (June 2013) Authors: Pamela Benigno and Kyle Morin PDF of full Issue Paper Scribd version of full Issue Paper Abstract In 1993 Colorado became the third state to adopt charter school...
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The Rise of K-12 Blended Learning in Colorado
IP-5-2013 (July 2013) Author: Krista Kafer PDF of full Issue Paper Scribd version of full Issue Paper Executive Summary More than a decade of research and development has produced sophisticated...
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Douglas County: Building a Better Education Model
IP-8-2013 (September 2013) Author: Ben DeGrow PDF of full Issue Paper Scribd version of full Issue Paper Executive Summary Effecting successful suburban school reform poses an authentic challenge. Many...
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School District Partnerships Help Colorado K-12 Blended Learning Take Flight
IP-2-2014 (July 2014) Author: Krista Kafer PDF of full Issue Paper Scribd version of full Issue Paper Executive Summary Blended learning is a versatile teaching method that combines in-person...
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Performance Pay Pioneers: Harrison’s “Effectiveness and Results” Raises the Bar
IP-1-2015 (January 2015) Author: Ben DeGrow PDF of full Issue Paper Scribd version of full Issue Paper Executive Summary Colorado’s 2010 educator effectiveness reform has improved the K-12 public...
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Colorado Student-Based Budgeting on the Rise
IP-2-2015 (August 2015) Author: Ben DeGrow PDF of full Issue Paper Scribd version of full Issue Paper Executive Summary How school districts budget matters. Colorado local K-12 agencies are at the...
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