Ken Turner
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When privatizing really makes sense; isn’t it time to #privatize air traffic control?
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Opinion | Privatize air traffic control
Safely directing thousands of commercial flights every day is too important to be left to politics.
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November 24, 2025 at 11:14 AM
When privatizing really makes sense; isn’t it time to #privatize air traffic control?
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CCSD #GradRate outpaces increases by State Charter School Authority, Washoe County School District and NV at large. CCSD overall year-over-year gain is eclipsed by some subgroup gains (Special education, English learner, Black, Hispanic) #DestinationDistrict
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Nevada high school graduation rate jumps above 85 percent for class of 2025 - The Nevada Independent
Statewide, 85.4 percent of students graduated, compared with 81.6 percent of the Class of 2024.
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November 23, 2025 at 5:14 PM
CCSD #GradRate outpaces increases by State Charter School Authority, Washoe County School District and NV at large. CCSD overall year-over-year gain is eclipsed by some subgroup gains (Special education, English learner, Black, Hispanic) #DestinationDistrict
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Defuse political tension in your family with one simple question (“So, I wonder; how would that work?”)
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Column | Defuse political tension in your family with one simple question
A common misperception is fueling political arguments. But new research shows it’s possible to correct it, in ourselves and our political foes.
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November 21, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Defuse political tension in your family with one simple question (“So, I wonder; how would that work?”)
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A good read www.chalkbeat.org/colorado/202...
Colorado Teacher of the Year didn’t like TikTok challenges. Here’s what he did about it.
Stephen Paulson, a social studies teacher in Greeley, spearheaded a schoolwide service project that proved popular among students and staff.
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November 20, 2025 at 2:56 PM
A good read www.chalkbeat.org/colorado/202...
In urban centers across the county, immigrant student enrollment in K12 drops
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Immigrant student enrollment is dwindling at schools across the US amid immigration crackdowns
Schools across the U.S. are seeing a big drop in enrollment from immigrant families. Many parents have been deported or returned to their home countries due to immigration crackdowns.
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November 18, 2025 at 2:15 PM
In urban centers across the county, immigrant student enrollment in K12 drops
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#WorldModels are the next #AI frontier. Where #LargeLanguageModels operate by predicting the next word, World Models aim to learn to understand natural phenomena (think gravity) without specific “how to” coding. Ultimate aim is to predict behavior in the social sphere. www.axios.com/2025/11/17/a...
AI's next big leap is models that understand the world.
World models hold the keys to everything from robotics to video games.
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November 17, 2025 at 4:56 PM
#WorldModels are the next #AI frontier. Where #LargeLanguageModels operate by predicting the next word, World Models aim to learn to understand natural phenomena (think gravity) without specific “how to” coding. Ultimate aim is to predict behavior in the social sphere. www.axios.com/2025/11/17/a...
.@DSSTPubSchools #AfterSchoolProgram makes academic support, emotional wellness, and college and career development available to Denver youth who might otherwise not have #access to such opportunities #ColoradoDreamFdn
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Colorado Dream Foundation provides creative opportunities for Denver students
While their school focuses on science, technology, engineering and mathematics, these seniors crave other opportunities to be creative and work different parts of their brain.
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November 17, 2025 at 3:30 PM
.@DSSTPubSchools #AfterSchoolProgram makes academic support, emotional wellness, and college and career development available to Denver youth who might otherwise not have #access to such opportunities #ColoradoDreamFdn
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Two Colorado #ParochialSchools seek reconsideration of a lower court decision to the State Supreme Court in case where the court ruled that Catholic schools participating in a state-funded #preschool program could not deny admission to students from #LGBTQ families
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Catholic parishes appeal to Supreme Court in Colorado universal preschool case
Two Catholic preschools that wanted to join Colorado’s state-funded preschool program but not admit children from LGBTQ families have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear their case.
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November 17, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Two Colorado #ParochialSchools seek reconsideration of a lower court decision to the State Supreme Court in case where the court ruled that Catholic schools participating in a state-funded #preschool program could not deny admission to students from #LGBTQ families
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The last 3 paragraphs of the story are a head scratcher
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Christian law firm sought Colorado test case for religious public schools, emails suggest
Alliance Defending Freedom approached a Colorado lawyer about starting a school in Colorado to spark a legal test of publicly funded religious education, according to an email authored by the lawyer.
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November 13, 2025 at 2:34 PM
The last 3 paragraphs of the story are a head scratcher
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Gubernatorial hopeful .@SenatorBennet stumps for competitive wages, affordable housing, & lower health care costs. He plans to expand student apprenticeships, work experiences & college credit in HS, reading proficiency by end of gr 3 & math proficiency by gr 5. www.durangoherald.com/articles/mic...
Michael Bennet rolls out new education policy in race for governor
Michael Bennet rolled out a new education policy this week as part of his campaign for Colorado governor.
“Education is one of the most important things to Colorado families,” Bennet said in an interv...
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November 12, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Gubernatorial hopeful .@SenatorBennet stumps for competitive wages, affordable housing, & lower health care costs. He plans to expand student apprenticeships, work experiences & college credit in HS, reading proficiency by end of gr 3 & math proficiency by gr 5. www.durangoherald.com/articles/mic...
.@Uber will now pay its drivers to help train #AutonomousVehicles - During free time, when drivers are not on the road with a rider, they can receive compensation for completing 2- or 3-minute online tasks. The pay is as low as a dollar or two per task.
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October 20, 2025 at 1:48 PM
.@Uber will now pay its drivers to help train #AutonomousVehicles - During free time, when drivers are not on the road with a rider, they can receive compensation for completing 2- or 3-minute online tasks. The pay is as low as a dollar or two per task.
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BeltTightening www.denverpost.com/2025/10/10/d...
DPS warns of financial ‘catastrophe’ after unexpected enrollment drop, possible funding cuts
DPS is down 1,200 students — mostly immigrant children who had offset the impact of falling birth rates — and, in turn, will receive $18.5 million less annually in per-pupil funding.
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October 14, 2025 at 2:49 PM
BeltTightening www.denverpost.com/2025/10/10/d...
Encouraging story about how one HS responded after #ChronicallyAbsent students identified what would most help them get to school each day www.chalkbeat.org/detroit/2025...
These Detroit students say free bikes helped address some systemic issues that cause chronic absenteeism
The Detroit school district is considering giving bikes to chronically absent students in other schools.
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October 8, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Encouraging story about how one HS responded after #ChronicallyAbsent students identified what would most help them get to school each day www.chalkbeat.org/detroit/2025...
.@COPublicRadio As a fed change related to #H1B #Visas aims to discourage foreign workers from displacing U.S. #TechWorkers the #TeacherRecruitment picture becomes more complicated because schools face a different reality: namely a #ChronicTeacherShortage
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$100,000 visa fee could stifle Colorado schools’ ability to hire international teachers — who were helping fill gaps
Despite a chronic teacher shortage in the state, the administration’s order requiring employers to pay more for foreign workers puts many districts on edge.
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October 6, 2025 at 2:19 PM
.@COPublicRadio As a fed change related to #H1B #Visas aims to discourage foreign workers from displacing U.S. #TechWorkers the #TeacherRecruitment picture becomes more complicated because schools face a different reality: namely a #ChronicTeacherShortage
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.@DenverWestword Data from Nat’l Center for Education Statistics shows that 77% of public schools ban cellphones during classes, and 38% of schools have cellphone policies that restrict use outside of class, e.g., free periods, btw classes, extracurricular www.westword.com/news/states-...
Cellphones in Schools: More States Taking Action to Reduce Student Distraction Without Eliminating Tech Access
Colorado and other states are implementing more restrictive policies as psychological concerns rise.
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October 6, 2025 at 1:22 PM
.@DenverWestword Data from Nat’l Center for Education Statistics shows that 77% of public schools ban cellphones during classes, and 38% of schools have cellphone policies that restrict use outside of class, e.g., free periods, btw classes, extracurricular www.westword.com/news/states-...
Shift in fed funding and oversight related to #CTE brings interesting policy questions. Will the change helpfully grease the workforce readiness runway (as advocates predict) or sidetrack program graduates into short-term, dead-end jobs (as critics claim)? www.chalkbeat.org/2025/10/03/w...
Trump is shaking up career-technical education. Will students benefit or pay the price?
Moving CTE programs to the Labor Department could better align them with employers’ needs. But critics fear it could steer students toward short-term job training with limited opportunities.
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October 6, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Shift in fed funding and oversight related to #CTE brings interesting policy questions. Will the change helpfully grease the workforce readiness runway (as advocates predict) or sidetrack program graduates into short-term, dead-end jobs (as critics claim)? www.chalkbeat.org/2025/10/03/w...
Acquisition of .@EchoStar paves the way for direct satellite-to-smartphone connectivity without any terrestrial infrastructure #BigLeap #GameChanging
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September 29, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Acquisition of .@EchoStar paves the way for direct satellite-to-smartphone connectivity without any terrestrial infrastructure #BigLeap #GameChanging
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“Our children … make up about 20 percent of the population right now. They are 100 percent of our future.” thenevadaindependent.com/article/supe...
Superintendent Jhone Ebert on the need for more school funding and community trust - The Nevada Independent
Superintendent Jhone Ebert on the need for more school funding and community trust. Read more from The Nevada Independent.
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September 29, 2025 at 5:41 PM
“Our children … make up about 20 percent of the population right now. They are 100 percent of our future.” thenevadaindependent.com/article/supe...
“The heart has its reasons that reason can’t explain.” (J. Badaracco) www.nytimes.com/2025/09/27/o...
Opinion | After Years of Living With Grief, Joy Has Moved In
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September 27, 2025 at 6:12 PM
“The heart has its reasons that reason can’t explain.” (J. Badaracco) www.nytimes.com/2025/09/27/o...
.@NASAJPL NISAR has released preliminary radar images that show its ability to distinguish between different land cover. Launched in July, the NASA-ISRO satellite tracks changes big and small on Earth’s land and ice surfaces. go.nasa.gov/42HjY8Q www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasa-is...
NASA-ISRO Satellite Sends First Radar Images of Earth’s Surface
Preliminary images from the most powerful Earth radar satellite ever launched offer a tantalizing glimpse of the science the mission will be able to deliver.
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September 26, 2025 at 5:21 PM
.@NASAJPL NISAR has released preliminary radar images that show its ability to distinguish between different land cover. Launched in July, the NASA-ISRO satellite tracks changes big and small on Earth’s land and ice surfaces. go.nasa.gov/42HjY8Q www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasa-is...
Alarm sounds after study shows #AI power usage for text-to-video imaging exceeds previous estimate. “Power needed for increasingly sophisticated generation doesn’t scale linearly; so, a 6-second AI video clip consumes 4 times as much energy as a 3-second clip.”
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September 26, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Alarm sounds after study shows #AI power usage for text-to-video imaging exceeds previous estimate. “Power needed for increasingly sophisticated generation doesn’t scale linearly; so, a 6-second AI video clip consumes 4 times as much energy as a 3-second clip.”
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Oklahoma Education Chief Who Promoted Bibles in Schools Will Resign www.nytimes.com/2025/09/25/u...
Oklahoma Education Chief Who Promoted Bibles in Schools Will Resign
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September 25, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Oklahoma Education Chief Who Promoted Bibles in Schools Will Resign www.nytimes.com/2025/09/25/u...
Declining public school enrollment | Brookings
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September 23, 2025 at 3:39 PM