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The by-product of making the arts a graduation requirement

I’m excited about HB 10-1273: Arts Education for Workforce Development, a new bill that was introduced this week in the Colorado State Legislature.  It’s sponsored by State Representative Michael Merrifield (D-El Paso) in the House and by Senators Nancy...

On direct placement straw men

One of the biggest challenges any public school district has is how to level the educational playing field for socioeconomically-disadvantaged kids.  It’s an extremely vexing problem that can break down the most well-intentioned education policy wonk.  How do...