Colorado Charter School Watch
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Plenty of Colorado connections found among the billionaires funding school privatization efforts. #COleg #COpol
Thomas Ultican: California Charter Schools Heading for 2026 - Network For Public Education
Thomas Ultican looks at the state of the charter school industry in California in the coming year. Reposted with permission. There was another major effort in Sacramento to reform charter school laws...
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November 21, 2025 at 4:56 PM
“This is not in spite of the advocacy,” Marrero told the board last Thursday. “It’s based on our lived and hard-earned experience when it comes to granting expansion without a clear facility plan. We’ve been burnt in the past, quite frankly. It just simply doesn’t work.” #COleg #COpol
This Denver charter wants to add middle school. The superintendent is recommending a ‘no.’
Monarch Montessori said parents have been asking the school to expand.
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November 18, 2025 at 1:11 AM
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NEW: DougCo's lame duck GOP school board just failed to pass a 10-year renewal for all charter schools after one member of the conservative majority voted no (Tim Moore). The measure to protect charters from scrutiny by the incoming Dem/moderate board fails, per @spencersoicher.bsky.social.
November 12, 2025 at 5:45 AM
NEW: DougCo's lame duck GOP school board just failed to pass a 10-year renewal for all charter schools after one member of the conservative majority voted no (Tim Moore). The measure to protect charters from scrutiny by the incoming Dem/moderate board fails, per @spencersoicher.bsky.social.
Turns out Colorado's "first public Christian school" is all a set-up for an Alliance Defending Freedom lawsuit. @philweiser.bsky.social @bennet.senate.gov #COleg #COpol
Christian law firm’s search for test case led to religious public school in Colorado, emails suggest
A prominent conservative law firm looking for a test case on whether public money can fund religious schools was the impetus for what’s been billed as Colorado’s “first public Christian school,” ac…
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November 12, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Turns out Colorado's "first public Christian school" is all a set-up for an Alliance Defending Freedom lawsuit. @philweiser.bsky.social @bennet.senate.gov #COleg #COpol
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Getting annoyed listening to charter school activists lie again and again that charter schools are public schools.
They are not.
They are publicly funded private schools that siphon money away from public schools and produce no better results.
They are not.
They are publicly funded private schools that siphon money away from public schools and produce no better results.
November 12, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Getting annoyed listening to charter school activists lie again and again that charter schools are public schools.
They are not.
They are publicly funded private schools that siphon money away from public schools and produce no better results.
They are not.
They are publicly funded private schools that siphon money away from public schools and produce no better results.
Good news!
Outgoing Douglas County School Board rejects charter school contract extensions, debates trans student policy
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Outgoing Douglas County School Board rejects charter school contract extensions, debates trans student policy
In an at-times charged final meeting, the board rejected a controversial resolution that would have given high-performing charter schools 10-year contracts instead of five.
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November 12, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Good news!
School privatizers/profiteers rule with @colorado.gov at helm of National Governors Association @michaelbennet.bsky.social @philweiser.bsky.social #COpol #COleg
Corporate Reformers Take Charge of National Governors Association, Undermine Public Schools
The National Governors Association is led this year by Colorado Governor Jared Polis, a cheerleader for charter schools who launched two of his own. The NGA, at Polis’ instigation, chose K-12…
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November 12, 2025 at 5:00 PM
School privatizers/profiteers rule with @colorado.gov at helm of National Governors Association @michaelbennet.bsky.social @philweiser.bsky.social #COpol #COleg
So much for the claim that charter schools are more accountable than traditional public schools ...
Outgoing Douglas County School Board to vote on last-minute 10-year charter school extensions
Under the proposal, charter schools up for renewal would automatically receive 10 additional years without submitting paperwork or undergoing review.
www.9news.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:09 AM
So much for the claim that charter schools are more accountable than traditional public schools ...
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The charter school cabal loses big in DPS races: “Denver voters made it clear that they trust educators to make decisions about what is best for Denver Public Schools students, over billionaire-backed private interests.” #COleg #COpol
Union-backed candidates sweep Denver Public Schools board races, oust 2 incumbents
Union-backed candidates won all four races for the Denver Public Schools’ Board of Education, ousting two incumbents.
www.denverpost.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Mostly positive results in CO school board contests. Voters reject right-wing ideology of book-banning, LGBTQ discrimination and more. #COleg #COpol
School Board Roundup: Who Won, Who Lost, and Where it's Too Close to Call
This year, the Colorado Times Recorder team covered the happenings in a handful of Colorado's contested school districts. Since 2021, when the “parents’ rights” movement erupted in school districts ar...
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November 5, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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Quick Analysis on how tonight affects the Colorado Democratic June 2026 Primary:
Teacher & Pro-Union folks just won BIG in Denver & Colorado. Denver, Woodland Park, Durango, Grand Junction, Cherry Creek, Aurora, Adams 14.
BAD NEWS for Michael Bennet. Good news for Phil Weiser
#copolitics #coleg
Teacher & Pro-Union folks just won BIG in Denver & Colorado. Denver, Woodland Park, Durango, Grand Junction, Cherry Creek, Aurora, Adams 14.
BAD NEWS for Michael Bennet. Good news for Phil Weiser
#copolitics #coleg
November 5, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Quick Analysis on how tonight affects the Colorado Democratic June 2026 Primary:
Teacher & Pro-Union folks just won BIG in Denver & Colorado. Denver, Woodland Park, Durango, Grand Junction, Cherry Creek, Aurora, Adams 14.
BAD NEWS for Michael Bennet. Good news for Phil Weiser
#copolitics #coleg
Teacher & Pro-Union folks just won BIG in Denver & Colorado. Denver, Woodland Park, Durango, Grand Junction, Cherry Creek, Aurora, Adams 14.
BAD NEWS for Michael Bennet. Good news for Phil Weiser
#copolitics #coleg
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There is no Charter School “million-student waitlist.”
There are empty classrooms, declining enrollment, and schools closing mid-year. #CharterMythBusted
Stop the waste. Start the reckoning.
Read our new report #CharterSchoolReckoning to learn more networkforpubliceduc...
There are empty classrooms, declining enrollment, and schools closing mid-year. #CharterMythBusted
Stop the waste. Start the reckoning.
Read our new report #CharterSchoolReckoning to learn more networkforpubliceduc...
Charter School Reckoning: Decline, Disillusionment and Cost - Network For Public Education
Part I: Decline, the first installment of a three-part report, Charter School Reckoning, presents sobering findings on the stagnation, retrenchment, and accelerating closures plaguing the charter school sector as it enters its fourth decade. The report, published by the National Center for Charter School Accountability, documents that in the first half of 2025 alone, 50 […]
networkforpubliceducation.org
October 31, 2025 at 6:00 PM
There is no Charter School “million-student waitlist.”
There are empty classrooms, declining enrollment, and schools closing mid-year. #CharterMythBusted
Stop the waste. Start the reckoning.
Read our new report #CharterSchoolReckoning to learn more networkforpubliceduc...
There are empty classrooms, declining enrollment, and schools closing mid-year. #CharterMythBusted
Stop the waste. Start the reckoning.
Read our new report #CharterSchoolReckoning to learn more networkforpubliceduc...
Billionaire "Dark Money" is in Denver's school board race-to privatize the school system. @dianeravitch.bsky.social @carolburris.bsky.social @npeaction.bsky.social @network4pubed.bsky.social @cocharterwatch.bsky.social @philinvestigates.com @palan57.bsky.social
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October 29, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Rural schools are big losers under education privatization schemes: "There’s also competition from charter schools and online schools, Smith noted." #COleg #COpol
Financial challenges mount for 16 Colorado school districts, audit reveals
Sixteen school districts in Colorado, almost all of them rural, are showing signs of financial stress, according to an audit released on the fiscal health of the state’s 178 public school districts. E...
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October 22, 2025 at 3:15 PM
With the threat of a federal voucher program hanging over Colorado, it's time to consider the racist roots of school vouchers. @colorado.gov @coloradodems.bsky.social #COpol #COleg
Three waves of school vouchers: A history of expansion and exclusion | Brookings
Scholars walk through the history of school vouchers and discuss how previous waves of voucher reform inform the current era.
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October 21, 2025 at 4:15 PM
With the threat of a federal voucher program hanging over Colorado, it's time to consider the racist roots of school vouchers. @colorado.gov @coloradodems.bsky.social #COpol #COleg
"(B)ehind its messaging is a decades-long campaign by powerful business and political elites to weaken traditional public schools and replace them with a mix of charter schools, microschools, and, eventually, private school vouchers." #COleg #COpol
OPINION: ‘Colorado Schools Fund’ Making the Case for Market-Based Education – Pagosa Daily Post News Events & Video for Pagosa Springs Colorado
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October 21, 2025 at 12:16 AM
"As it did two years ago, the DPS race is drawing big spending from Better Leaders, Stronger Schools, an independent expenditure committee, or super PAC, which can spend unlimited sums of money to influence elections but is barred from coordinating directly with candidates."
Colorado election 2025: School board races | Colorado Newsline
Seats on at least two dozen Colorado school district boards are up for grabs in the 2025 off-year election.
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October 20, 2025 at 8:28 PM
"As it did two years ago, the DPS race is drawing big spending from Better Leaders, Stronger Schools, an independent expenditure committee, or super PAC, which can spend unlimited sums of money to influence elections but is barred from coordinating directly with candidates."
Do you know where your CO tax $$$ are going? This new MAGA charter school in DougCo ... #COleg #Copol
"Liberty-based" Colorado charter breaks ground as first school in Sterling Ranch, amid traffic concerns
Sterling Ranch's first school broke ground Wednesday. While it previously sparked debate by some community members concerned about its ideological framework, it's now the traffic plan for the new scho...
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October 19, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Charter school boosters stick together. That's why this NYC billionaire is backing @michaelbennet.bsky.social Vote @philweiser.bsky.social #COpol
Billionaire Michael Bloomberg reshapes early race for Colorado governor
Bloomberg has poured half a million dollars into helping Sen. Michael Bennet defeat Attorney General Phil Weiser in the Democratic primary.
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October 19, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Charter school boosters stick together. That's why this NYC billionaire is backing @michaelbennet.bsky.social Vote @philweiser.bsky.social #COpol
Hey, CO taxpayers: Did you know we're footing the bill for "Colorado's first Christian public school"? #COleg #COpol
Colorado Department of Education challenges funding eligibility for ‘first public Christian school’
EDITOR’S NOTE: An earlier version of this story reported that Riverstone Academy was a charter school. Because it is authorized by the Education ReEnvisioned BOCES, it is considered a contract school ...
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October 19, 2025 at 7:49 PM