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Colorado Charter School Watch

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Colorado Charter School Watch @cocharterwatch.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Wise words. Ask any Chicagoan.
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Colorado Charter School Watch @cocharterwatch.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Charter school closings don't get the same attention as traditional public school closings because very few media outlets cover charter school boards, which operate as quasi-public organizations. #COpol #COleg
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Colorado Charter School Watch @cocharterwatch.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"(C)harter school proponents see education as a business, a marketable product, a commercial transaction, a commodity. ... students and parents are reduced to self-interested, fend-for-yourself consumers, while failure and success are viewed through a narrow, business-centric lens.
thedissidentvoice.org
Dissident Voice
a radical newsletter in the struggle for peace and social justice
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Colorado Charter School Watch @cocharterwatch.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Here we go! Taxpayer funded religion! Time for Denver's International Church of Cannabis to get into the charter school racket ...
newson6.com
Federal judge clears path for Ben Gamla Jewish charter school in Oklahoma
The ruling blocks Oklahoma from excluding Ben Gamla from the charter program based on its religious character while the lawsuit continues.
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Colorado Charter School Watch @cocharterwatch.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Seems like the criticism was justified: "One of the biggest criticisms of Colorado Homeschool Enrichment, which last year enrolled nearly 2,800 students, was that it operated with little public transparency despite receiving millions in state education funding." #COpol #COleg
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Colorado Charter School Watch @cocharterwatch.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Erika and Byron Donalds are now downplaying their close ties to Trump, but these Fla. charter school grifters remain the perfect example of MAGA's money-making school privatization racket.
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I'm Matt but You Can CallMeMatub @callmematub.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The superintendent of my wife's school district has done a TON of shady stuff including forcing buildings to divide themselves and make room for charter schools. He's also on the board for a charter school. Until now, nothing explicitly illegal has happened. Until now gazette.com/2026/09/17/c...
gazette.com
Colorado Springs D-11 employee alleges seizure of files, intimidation by top administrators
D-11’s ombudsperson alleges that the deputy superintendent seized confidential documents from her office between Feb. 2 and Feb. 6.
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Colorado Public Education Watch @copublicedwatch.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
www.littletonindependent.net/news/colorad...
littletonindependent.net
Colorado Board of Education rejects STEM School High School relocation into LPS
The Colorado State Board of Education voted 6-3 to reject an appeal from KOSON Schools to relocate the high school portion of STEM School Highlands Ranch within the Littleton Public
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Colorado Charter School Watch @cocharterwatch.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Looks like it’s time for Denver7 to follow up on its Aug. puff piece: DougCo Charter School John Adams Academy Lays Off 3 of 4 Middle School Teachers #COpol #COleg
coloradotimesrecorder.com
Dougco Charter School John Adams Academy Lays Off 3 of 4 Middle School Teachers
Three weeks after the Sterling Ranch school opened, it told a state authorizer it was at 70% of its enrollment target and told reporters 90%. The school nurse is now...
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SiddiqRex @tzadeekrex.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
This school just laid -off 75% of their middle school staff, two weeks into the school year.
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Mike DeGuire 🏳️‍🌈 📚🇺🇸🍎🇺🇦 @mcolorado.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
The TECH BILLIONAIRES have been DESTROYING PUBLIC EDUCATION for over a decade! NO gains in learning and RESEARCH shows more HARM in brain development. WHY? for PROFIT and CONTROL! BILLIONS could have gone to teachers and lower class size. @maddow.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/08/23/b...
nytimes.com
How Big Tech Captured American Schools (Gift Article)
Companies like Google and Microsoft have used their money, their might and their massive reach to influence nearly every step of the education supply chain.
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Colorado Charter School Watch @cocharterwatch.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
"(Houston Supt. Mike) Miles stepped down as CEO of (Colorado-based) Third Future Schools in 2023, but was found this year to have accepted at least $190,000 in consulting fees from the nonprofit since then." #COpol #COleg
yahoo.com
HISD Superintendent Mike Miles' charter network faces layoffs, $14M deficit after tripling footprint
The charter operator expanded rapidly across Texas despite years of deficits and auditor warnings. Now a $14 million shortfall could trigger layoffs and raises questions about its future.
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Colorado Charter School Watch @cocharterwatch.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
[Denver's KIPP charters] received $11.5 million in publicly traceable philanthropic support from 2021 to 2025, with a total of $47.4 million including all extra-state and local sources. Total funding has put four KIPP schools at “performance” level and one school in “improvement” status. #COpol
coloradopolitics.com
Colorado's education paradigm déja-vu | Paula Noonan
Déja-vu for 10 years. In 2015-2016, state standardized testing was fully integrated into teacher performance evaluation. The tests comprised 50% of teacher “performance.” The idea was to follow the Ge...
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Colorado Charter School Watch @cocharterwatch.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Yikes. Is this a news story or a thinly disguised advertisement? #COpol
denver7.com
John Adams Academy celebrates first week of class ever, striving to provide different education model
As their first week of class is in the books, John Adams Academy co-founders sit down with Denver7's Tyler Melito.
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Colorado Charter School Watch @cocharterwatch.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
McMahon's choice for Colorado school visits reflects the administration's preference for right-wing charter schools. Her tour name is ironic, given the administration's efforts to exert control over our schools. #COpol #COleg
ed.gov
U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon Visits Colorado on Returning Education to the States Tour
Yesterday, U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon visited Colorado on her Returning Education to the States Tour.
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Colorado Charter School Watch @cocharterwatch.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
If you make your living by operating right-wing charter schools, I suppose this proposal would be alarming. For students and taxpayers, it's common sense. #COpol #COleg
rockymountainvoice.com
DougCo's charter proposal protects schools from competition, not choice - Rocky Mountain Voice
Douglas County wants power to deny charter schools based on their impact on district schools. Kim Gilmartin argues CASB Resolution #3 protects the system, not families.
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Colorado Charter School Watch @cocharterwatch.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Here's the story that's being missed: Support for public schools is winning elections. #COpol #COleg
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Colorado Public Education Watch @copublicedwatch.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Was Mike Miles improving HISD schools or gaming the ratings? | Editorial www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/edit...
houstonchronicle.com
Something fishy is happening with HISD's 2025 A-F ratings.
If it walks like a duck and it talks like a duck then it sure does look like HISD has been cooking the A-F books, for high schools at least, argues the Editorial Board.
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Colorado Charter School Watch @cocharterwatch.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Colorado's first charter schools opened more than 30 years ago. If choice is the solution, why haven't all schools been flourishing since 1993? This editorial is the billionaires' argument for cutting taxes, destroying teacher unions and bankrolling private schools. #COpol #COleg
gazette.com
EDITORIAL: School choice is Colorado kids’ best hope
Colorado’s latest student testing data is out, and it’s at best a mixed bag. As The Gazette reports, 37.3% of students in grades 3-8 met or exceeded expectations in math, up from 35.9% last year and o...
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Colorado Times Recorder @coloradotimesrecorder.com · 20/08/2026
ERBOCES' relentless stretching of legal limits in pursuit of its founders' religious right agenda finally caught up with it.
coloradotimesrecorder.com
End of an Era: A Look Back at Our Coverage of Colorado's Most Controversial Public Education Co-op: ERBOCES
Earlier this week, Colorado Springs School District 49 voted to officially dissolve Education ReEnvisioned BOCES (ERBOCES), after growing scrutiny by state education officials who raised concerns abou...
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Colorado Charter School Watch @cocharterwatch.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
"This story is much larger than these religious, private-school ploys. The legislature passed two bills at the end of the 2026 session to end some of these most egregious funding grabs. By that point, ERBOCES had distributed $111 million to various versions of homeschool enrichment education."
coloradopolitics.com
State money diversion scheme the unsurprising downfall of ERBOCES scam | Paula Noonan
Falcon School District 49, aka El Paso County School District 49, has finally cut bait, thrown the fishing pole into the lake and sunk the canoe. The longtime enabler of the Education Reenvisioned BOC...
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Colorado Charter School Watch @cocharterwatch.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
“I am not anti-charter, but I am pro managing our school district effectively over the long haul,” (Supt. Tony) Byrd said. #COpol #COleg
summitdaily.com
Summit School District changes policy during active efforts to open charter schools, prompting complaint
Summit School District and the High Rockies Community School are headed into Thursday’s school board meeting with diverging interpretations of the charter school’s deadline to apply for a Summit Count...
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Colorado Charter School Watch @cocharterwatch.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Buh-bye! Colorado taxpayers won't miss you. #COpol #COleg
chalkbeat.org
Colorado education group that launched ‘public Christian school’ will dissolve after state scrutiny
After 13 years, Education reEnvisioned BOCES will dissolve, leaving a legacy of school choice advocacy and a long string of controversies.
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Colorado Charter School Watch @cocharterwatch.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
US military base schools put new emphasis on Western civilization and Christianity
apnews.com
AP Exclusive: US military base schools put new emphasis on Western civilization and Christianity
The Department of Defense is introducing a course centered on Western civilization and Christianity this fall in the schools it operates for military families.
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Colorado Charter School Watch @cocharterwatch.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
“It upsets me because I feel like public allocated funds should not be used for charter schools’ profit, and I don’t think that it’s fair that a charter school can hop in and benefit off of a building and community that us as parents and as taxpayers have willingly paid for.” #COleg #COpol
fox21news.com
Parents question D11 charter school co-location
(COLORADO SPRINGS) — Colorado Springs School District 11 has relocated Orton Academy, a charter school, into the Trailblazer Elementary building. The co-location during the first week of classes ha…
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Christine Pelosi @christinepelosi.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
We Won!! #DNC lifted the Rules Committee’s ban on rank choice voting for presidential primaries. As I told our DNC Western Caucus, I Chaired CA Democrats’ 2006 Platform that added RCV — and know we must welcome in new voices to win in 2026 and 2028. With today’s vote we hear you and welcome you. 🇺🇸
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Colorado Charter School Watch @cocharterwatch.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
More great reporting by Chalkbeat. Why don't more Colorado reporters scrutinize the right-wing education grifters in this state? #COpol #COleg
chalkbeat.org
With new state crackdown, controversial Colorado group that launched ‘public Christian school’ might dissolve
Colorado’s education commissioner cited legal violations, a questionable loan, and misspent state money in a letter to the Monument-based education co-op Thursday.
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Colorado Charter School Watch @cocharterwatch.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
What pet project do all billionaires, R and D, have in common? Charter schools. Ever wonder why? #COpol #COleg
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Colorado Charter School Watch @cocharterwatch.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Chalkbeat: "Tuesday’s ruling said Susie Carnes’ selection to the Pueblo 70 board was a violation of Colorado’s open meetings law because the school board president, Ann Bennett, made the appointment over email without providing public notice." #COpol #COleg
chalkbeat.org
A judge has ruled against the school board that gave the green light to a ‘public Christian school’
The Pueblo District 70 school board violated the state open meetings law by hiding the true nature and purpose of a controversial school it allowed to open, the judge said.
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Colorado Charter School Watch @cocharterwatch.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Just what we need -- another billionaire pushing a charter school agenda. Democrat or Republican, they won't be satisfied until they've killed public education. #COpol #COleg
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Colorado Charter School Watch @cocharterwatch.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
An important primer on the dark money behind Colorado ballot initiatives (Hint: It's the billionaires) #COpol #COleg
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Colorado Charter School Watch @cocharterwatch.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
No clue on the cost, but you can be sure that before the first student even arrives, the education grifters are cleaning up. #charterschool #COpol #COleg
coloradosun.com
Drones that can go 60 mph, knock down an active shooter being tested at Colorado school
The company making the drones says they give schools a faster way to respond to a shooter
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Colorado Charter School Watch @cocharterwatch.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Your Colorado tax dollars at work ... #COpol #COleg
chalkbeat.org
This Colorado district’s new reading curriculum? Biblically infused and ‘built for Texas students’
With little public discussion, a small district in southwestern Colorado abruptly adopted the Bluebonnet elementary reading curriculum this summer.
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Colorado Charter School Watch @cocharterwatch.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Former CO Springs super and charter chain founder Mike Miles' "Houston Miracle" looks like a shell game: Pushing students to remedial classes. #COpol #COleg
texasobserver.org
The ‘Houston Miracle’ Shell Game
How Houston ISD’s takeover regime inflated school accountability ratings by systematically holding back certain students
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Colorado Charter School Watch @cocharterwatch.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Taxpayer-supported religion. Coming soon? #COpol #COleg
the74million.org
Oklahoma Jewish Charter Case Heads to Court as Debate Spreads to Other States
In Florida, the attorney general says he won’t enforce laws preventing religious charter schools.
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Colorado Charter School Watch @cocharterwatch.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
I call BS. Look at the methodology: Its stellar higher ed system earned Colorado its top spot. Same with 3rd-ranked FL, where K-12 schools are a disaster but destruction of higher ed is under way. #COpol #COleg
coloradopolitics.com
Colorado’s No. 1 education ranking reflects the power of school choice | GUEST COLUMN
By Peter Mason Colorado is now the No. 1 state in the nation for education, according to the 2026 U.S. News & World Report Best States rankings. That is a distinction worth celebrating. It is also a d...
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Colorado Charter School Watch @cocharterwatch.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Who is really benefitting from these taxpayer-funded charter school grifts? #COpol #COleg #conflicts #self-dealing
coloradotimesrecorder.com
20 Days Before Opening, Douglas County's Newest Charter School Has No Occupancy Permit and 135 Empty Seats
On the morning of Aug. 1, the founders of John Adams Academy cut a gold ribbon outside their new school in Sterling Ranch and raised a flag on a 50-foot...
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Colorado Charter School Watch @cocharterwatch.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Right-wing charter school opens in Sterling Ranch. (Looks like the ballroom will be added at a later date) #COpol #COleg @npeaction.bsky.social
cbsnews.com
"Liberty-based" classical charter opens as first school in Colorado's Sterling Ranch community
The ribbon has officially been cut on a new school in Douglas County's fast-growing community of Sterling Ranch.
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Colorado Charter School Watch @cocharterwatch.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
This sounds like a dodge: “Compliance with the First Amendment has historically been enforced through the courts, not by state agencies,” Colorado Department of Education Chief External Relations Officer Emma Garrett-Nelson said in an email. #COpol #COleg #DoYourJob
chalkbeat.org
State officials knew “public Christian school” would be religious before it opened. They let it move forward.
State education leaders and lawyers knew Riverstone Academy would be religious before it opened. They gave it a public school code and state funding.
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Colorado Charter School Watch @cocharterwatch.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Bravo to CO lawmakers for finally demanding some accountability and transparency. Taxpayers shouldn't be enriching right-wing groups that find loopholes to collect education dollars. #COleg #COpol
chalkbeat.org
Second Colorado school closes after state law change targeting controversial school authorizer
Just a few weeks before school was scheduled to start, leaders announced the school’s permanent closure.
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Colorado Charter School Watch @cocharterwatch.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Thanks, @colorado.gov Jared Polis. Now you can be known for commuting Tina Peters' sentence AND increasing school segregation with a voucher program. #COpol #COleg
tcf.org
A New Federal Voucher Program Poised to Ramp Up School Segregation
In rural Northampton, North Carolina, a private Christian school called Northeast Academy is 99 percent White in a county that’s 40 percent White. It
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Colorado Charter School Watch @cocharterwatch.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
What could possibly go wrong?
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Colorado Charter School Watch @cocharterwatch.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Truth. #COpol #COleg
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coopmike48 @coopmike48.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Financial Instability in the Charter School Sector - Dissident Voice thedissidentvoice.org/2026/07/fina...
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Colorado Public Education Watch @copublicedwatch.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
www.wired.com/story/missis...
wired.com
Stop Saying Kids Can’t Read
Everyone is talking about the reading crisis. But inside the “Mississippi Miracle,” it’s all about comprehension.
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Colorado Charter School Watch @cocharterwatch.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
OPINION: Charter schools are the Trojan horse of school privatization.
thenevadaindependent.com
OPINION: Charter schools are the Trojan horse of school privatization - The Nevada Independent
OPINION: Charter schools are the Trojan horse of school privatization. Read more at The Nevada Independent.
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Colorado Charter School Watch @cocharterwatch.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Hey, Colorado: Here is what @colorado.gov Polis is teeing up with his opt-in to Trump’s federal tax credit program for private schools. #COpol #COleg
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Colorado Public Education Watch @copublicedwatch.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
www.chalkbeat.org/colorado/202...
chalkbeat.org
Denver says oui to French immersion charter school moving into shuttered elementary building
Two community arts organizations will join the French American School of Denver in repurposing the former Harrington building.
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Colorado Charter School Watch @cocharterwatch.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Not sure what to think of a drone active shooter response system, but doesn't this new charter school look like it was inspired by the current White House occupant, with the east wing preemptively removed? #COpol #COleg
cbsnews.com
Douglas County charter to be first school to install drone active shooter response system in Colorado
A school in Douglas County will be the first in Colorado to install a drone active shooter suppression system.
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Colorado Charter School Watch @cocharterwatch.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Public Money Is Fueling an Explosion of Private Schools. States Often Don’t Care How They’re Run.
propublica.org
Public Money Is Fueling an Explosion of Private Schools. States Often Don’t Care How They’re Run.
As private schools proliferate, states are choosing a hands-off approach to regulating them. The backgrounds of school founders — sometimes with criminal histories — often don’t matter
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