A coalition of 23 education and civil rights groups, including the Colorado Children’s Campaign, the Colorado Latino Leadership, Advocacy and Research Organization, and DFER Colorado, successfully encouraged the Colorado Dept. of Education to reject a proposal that would have lumped students into “super subgroups” rather...
ColoradoWatchdog.org covered the State Dept. of Education’s recent activity around ESSA including a “listening tour” and series of webinars. According to the article, Colorado Dept. of Education staff visited six sites and contacted 700 people — parents, educators and others — last month and has...
State Dept. of Education held an online listening session to discuss ESSA, and facilitate a community discussion around its implementation. Read more here.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation’s primers include individual state by state accountability system fact sheets, which detail each state’s current accountability system, what could change under ESSA, and what to be asking state leaders. See details about your state here.
State Dept. of Education will hold a town hall meeting in Pueblo to seek community feedback on how ESSA should be implemented in Colorado. This is the first of an eight part listening tour by the Colorado Dept. of Education. Read more here.
State Dept. of Education staffer Alyssa Pearson spoke on how states will have the ability to select their assessment tests under the new ESSA regulations. She was in Grand Junction as part of a seven city tour focused on discussing the new regulations. Read more...
Max Eden, senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, authored a piece discussing the current charter debate in the Colorado State Senate – the first major charter debate since the passage of ESSA. Eden noted that “the way that Republicans and Democrats vote should speak volumes...
