During his acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention Thursday night in St. Paul, Minn., presidential hopeful John McCain made an impassioned pledge to fight for school choice and to challenge education bureaucracies and teachers' unions.
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Follow this topic by RSSColorado experts respond to Obama education plan
A Face the State Staff Report
March 11, 2009President Barack Obama outlined his plans for education reform Tuesday by embracing stricter standards, merit pay for teachers and charter schools. While Colorado’s conservative education leaders were glad to see Obama embrace ideas that have long been espoused by the center-right, they still welcomed his plan with skeptical optimism.
11/24: More of the same on education
I told you recently about Terrance Carroll, the next speaker of the Colorado House. He’s busy getting to work – but will he bring change, or just more of the same?
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School-choice advocates praise McCain, hope he can deliver
September 8, 2008Merrifield’s "hell" is DPS’s Crown Jewel
April 14, 2008It’s hard to believe that a year has passed since Face The State first publicly revealed an anti-school choice email tirade by state Rep. Mike Merrifield, D-Manitou Springs, where he wrote to fellow Democrat Sen. Sue Windels, D-Arvada, that “there must be a special place in hell for these Privatizers, Charerizers [sic] and Voucherizers! They deserve it!”
Merrifield’s Ex-Wife A Charter School Teacher
A Face the State Staff Report
April 19, 2007In an ironic twist, Ginger Spencer, the ex-wife of the state legislator forced to resign this month for his anti-charter school comments, works as a kindergarten teacher at a popular Colorado Springs’ public charter school.
Charter school leader calls for legislator to step down from education post
A Face the State Staff Report
April 12, 2007Senator Sue Windels, D-Arvada, falsely advertised a recent charter school bill. Now charter school leaders are calling for her resignation.
Democrat Legislator Says Charter Schools Deserve "Special Place in Hell"
A Face the State Staff Report
March 29, 2007Rep. Mike Merrifield writes of school choice activists: "There must be a special place in Hell for these Privatizers, Charterizers, and Voucherizers! They deserve it!"
Windels' Bill Attacks On-Line Education
A Face the State Staff Report
March 25, 2007A Democrat lawmaker’s proposal goes too far in regulating cyberschools, says the co-chair of a government panel that recently completed a review of online education.