Posts Tagged ‘Education’

The City of Thornton has offered to help Adams 12 Five Star Schools with its budget mess by taking over some of the expenses associated with middle school sports.  The city’s generosity however gives rise to bigger questions as to whether or not it is the city’s responsibility to provide the district a bailout. Middle [...]

In a ruling handed down Friday, Denver District Judge Sheila Rappaport determined that the state of Colorado was in violation of its own constitution and not adequately funding education.  After dismissing crucial evidence that clearly shows increased funding does not equal increased outcomes, Rappaport issued a ruling that muddies the separation of powers and could [...]

It is a longstanding tradition of print media to endorse candidates and issues.  These endorsements are quite telling about a publisher’s bias and none are more so than this year’s endorsements by the publisher of Mile High Newspapers and MetroNorth Newspapers. The very premise of the so-called ‘unbiased media’ providing political endorsements is counter-intuitive and [...]

Many voters will begin casting their ballots in Colorado this week and a seemingly feel-good measure to pour more money into public education, Proposition 103, is one issue to be decided.  Despite proponents’ attempts to deceive voters, this is a massive tax increase that would be felt by every family in the state during hard [...]

Fran Tarkenton is one of the NFL’s greatest quarterbacks of all time having led the Minnesota Vikings to the Super Bowl three times.  Since leaving the gridiron he has become a very successful entrepreneur and in today’s Wall Street Journal he penned a piece pondering how the NFL would look if it were run like [...]

Certainly the endorsement of a Democratic candidate by a union is no surprise as labor’s ignorant affair with leftist politicians is never ending even if unrequited.  However in an unprecedented move, the National Education Association has jumped ahead and endorsed President Barack Obama’s 2012 reelection long before competing candidates for the presidency are chosen. At [...]

Once again the Colorado Legislature is debating a measure that would put illegal immigrants on equal footing to American citizens.  Senate Bill 11-126 would allow illegal immigrants to pay the lower in-state tuition rates at Colorado’s higher education institutions.  This measure is sheer folly and rewards those who break the law while putting them above [...]

Two years ago the Colorado State Legislature and then-Governor Bill Ritter used so-called “fees” to bolster the state’s coffers while evading the requirements of TABOR.  Faced with budget cuts, Adams 12 Five Star Schools seeks to use the same underhanded tactic by forcing parents and students to pay “fees” for basic items required for education. [...]

The disillusionment with the “hope and change” brought to the nation two years continues to grow.  According to a new poll, voters trust Republicans more than Democrats on the top 10 issues of the day from education and the economy to ethics and taxes. Many Americans drank the Obama Kool-Aid when they voted in November [...]

It comes as no surprise that our education system, particularly at the college level, is liberal – that has long been acknowledged.  News this week shows that these left leaning institutions of “education” are now taking action against students that refuse to conform to their distorted view of the world and man. The Alliance Defense [...]