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Liz in CO @copubliced.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Read 2022's "Not a Day behind Bars for A3 Charter Grifters".Eleven A3 ppl were indicted (fraud).Justin Schmitt plead guilty to taking money to conceal a crime, which was reduced during the case.Was hired in Dolores SD by ERBOCES Board Member, Lis Richard, then moved to M-CSD.
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Not a Day behind Bars for A3 Charter Grifters
By Thomas Ultican 7/12/2022 The A3 Charter School Conspirators fraudulently collected $400 million from the state of California, misappropriated more than $200 million and according to the Voice of…
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Liz in CO @copubliced.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
September 2025 coverage of Mike Miles in Texas. Crowd laughs and boos as Mike Miles gave HISD presentation to Houston City Council members buff.ly/2jooKIv
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Crowd laughs and boos as Mike Miles gave HISD presentation to Houston City Council members
"This is the map of Houston today based on TEA's accountability ratings, and I just need one person to give me an amen," Miles said. The public in attendance laughed and booed.
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Liz in CO @copubliced.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Coverage of "Reformer" Mike Miles. The Last Reformer: Houston Schools Chief Mike Miles on the Case for Going Bold buff.ly/5JUWEvZ
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The Last Reformer: Houston Schools Chief Mike Miles on the Case for Going Bold
After years of underperformance, Texas appointed an unapologetic reformer to take over its biggest district. Huge improvements followed.
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Liz in CO @copubliced.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
More coverage of Colorado's Mike Miles. TEA Exoneration of Mike Miles’ Charter Schools Leaves Questions Unanswered, Raises New Ones buff.ly/Tp4OIGM
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TEA Exoneration of Mike Miles’ Charter Schools Leaves Questions Unanswered, Raises New Ones
An agency report challenging media stories overlooks the charter schools’ compliance with federal tax and state business laws, on the watch of the now-HISD superintendent, while revealing new…
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Liz in CO @copubliced.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
More on Mike Miles, the founder of Third Future charter network, who spoke at a recent CLAS event in Colorado. HISD Superintendent Mike Miles declines to appear before Houston city council buff.ly/v2UE1vo
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HISD Superintendent Mike Miles declines to appear before Houston city council
Houston ISD Superintendent Mike Miles declines to appear before city council to discuss his controversial plan to close schools.
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Liz in CO @copubliced.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Mike Miles name is popping up in Colorado because he spoke at the recent CLAS conference in Colorado. Read: How Mike Miles’ plans for HISD worked in other Texas schools buff.ly/ceOQiHQ
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How Mike Miles’ plans for HISD worked in other Texas schools
Strategies used by Houston ISD’s new superintendent have frustrated some parents but produced higher test scores in recent years.
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Liz in CO @copubliced.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
You wanted a reminder, right? You still have time to SUPPORT DISABILITY RIGHTS IN COLORADO PUBLIC SCHOOLS! The CO SENATE EDUCATION Committee considers bill 125 tomorrow (Wednesday). Download our toolkit here: buff.ly/PcWuKNo #colorado #disabilityrights #ProCoforPublicEd
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Liz in CO @copubliced.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Public school students and their families need YOUR help and we made it easy for you. PROTECT DISABILITY RIGHTS IN CO PUBLIC SCHOOLS! The CO SENATE EDUCATION Committee considers bill 125 tomorrow (Wednesday) Download our toolkit here: buff.ly/PcWuKNo #colorado #disabilityrights #ProCoforPublicEd
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Liz in CO @copubliced.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
We made it easy for you to help PROTECT DISABILITY RIGHTS IN CO PUBLIC SCHOOLS! The CO House Education Committee considers bill 125 tomorrow (Wednesday) Download our toolkit here: buff.ly/PcWuKNo #colorado #disabilityrights #ProCoforPublicEd
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Liz in CO @copubliced.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
PROTECT DISABILITY RIGHTS IN CO PUBLIC SCHOOLS! Testify and send emails to the House Education Committee for the Wed, March 11 afternoon meeting. Download our toolkit here: buff.ly/PcWuKNo #colorado #disabilityrights #ProCoforPublicEd
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Help Protect Colorado Through Better Laws — Welcome to the Pro-Colorado Education Project
We need to protect Colorado now more than ever! Colorado legislators are stepping up to introduce laws that will help - and opposing laws that don't make Colorado a better place for all of us. We've…
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Liz in CO @copubliced.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
BREAKING! Yet another problem for Riverstone Academy. At what point will Colorado say "Enough is enough" to the leaders, board members, and law firms involved from all the districts and organizations? Family to get $20,000 from authorizer of Colorado’s ‘first public Christian school’ buff.ly/iwqWZmW
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Student’s family will receive $20,000 from authorizer of Colorado’s ‘first public Christian school’
The group that authorized Riverstone Academy has agreed to pay $20,000 to settle a state complaint filed by the family of a student.
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Liz in CO @copubliced.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
The current fed administration GUTTED the agency that investigates and protects disability rights for public school students. You can help protect Colorado's public school students, parents and families by telling CO's House Education Committee to SUPPORT HB 123 this week! buff.ly/PcWuKNo
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Liz in CO @copubliced.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
I just signed up to testify in SUPPORT of HB26-1141, a bill that protects civil rights in Colorado public schools. You can share your story REMOTELY, via WRITTEN submission - OR - in person. FLEXIBLE options to make it easier for Coloradans to participate in democracy.
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Liz in CO @copubliced.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Interest is increasing again in the role Minga Education has in charter schools around Colorado. See this post from Jun2 2025. Montrose Classical Academy’s Charter School Bid: Who’s Behind It and What’s at Stake? — Welcome to the Pro-Colorado Education Project buff.ly/xDzusRy
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Liz in CO @copubliced.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
THIS WEEK there's a bill in play that will help PROTECT CIVIL RIGHTS in our public schools. Let's tell the CO House Education Committee to VOTE YES on HB26-1141, which makes it clear that discriminatory behavior in public schools is NOT okay and adds oversight. Download the toolkit! buff.ly/Mp5Px8A
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Liz in CO @copubliced.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Several communities around the state are facing off over the reported political motivations of board members and lawyers. Learn more about some conservative financing in DAVIS | The Redprint: How Advance Colorado and Anonymous Donors Shape the Political Landscape buff.ly/5uezX6B
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Liz in CO @copubliced.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Watch the Montrose County School Board discussion and vote over whether to hire controversial Miller Farmer Carlson Law Firm on February 10. Spoiler: The decision was postponed. buff.ly/sIGIlco buff.ly/SPxb5cE
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Board Meeting 02.10.2026
Board Meeting 02.10.2026
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Liz in CO @copubliced.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Reminder: Ready Colorado out of Denver donated more than $12,000 to 4 candidates elected to the Montrose County School Board - a rural district in Western CO. District has roughly 6000 students. Political non-profit backs Montrose school board candidates with campaign support
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Political non-profit backs Montrose school board candidates with campaign support
According to TRACER, the state’s campaign finance disclosure website, Ready Colorado spent over $12,200 toward campaign mailers supporting Neisha Balleck, Charlane Oswald, Dawn Shieldt and Ted…
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Liz in CO @copubliced.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
(5) "Local government" means the government of any county, city and county, city, town, special district, or school district. buff.ly/GSzmkau
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2024 Colorado Revised Statutes :: Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) :: ADMINISTRATION (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-19.9-103) :: Article 18 - Standards of Conduct (§§ 24-18-101 — 24-18-309) :: Part 1 - CODE OF ETHICS (§§ 24-18-101 — 24-18-113) :: Section 24-18-102 - Definitions
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Liz in CO @copubliced.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
(2) ...a local government official, or employee whose conduct departs from his fiduciary duty is liable to the people of the state as a trustee of property and shall suffer such other liabilities as a private fiduciary would suffer for abuse of his trust.
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2024 Colorado Revised Statutes :: Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) :: ADMINISTRATION (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-19.9-103) :: Article 18 - Standards of Conduct (§§ 24-18-101 — 24-18-309) :: Part 1 - CODE OF ETHICS (§§ 24-18-101 — 24-18-113) :: Section 24-18-103 - Public trust - breach of fiduciary duty
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Liz in CO @copubliced.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
A Co Springs community is fighting against hiring attorney Brad Miller. Reports say they settled with the inhouse lawyer last year for $500,000 so she'd leave, making way for the controversial Miller. See & sign their petition here: Change.org buff.ly/1ajzaE3
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Join over 500,000,000 people creating real change in their communities.
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Liz in CO @copubliced.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
Battle for Public Funding of Christian Schools Expands - a school located in Pueblo D70 under contract with Education ReEnvisioned BOCES out of Co Springs’ District 49 seems to be part of the strategy |
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Battle for Public Funding of Christian Schools Expands
The ongoing effort to seek government funding for Christian public schools failed in Oklahoma last year, but advocates are trying again with Christian public schools in Colorado and Tennessee and...
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Liz in CO @copubliced.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Super excited to be at the legislative Town Hall up in Ft. Collins. Easy drive from Erie today!
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Liz in CO @copubliced.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
CTR journalists reveal CO Springs Attorney Brad Miller's ties to involved public school districts and schools | DAVIS & RAGSDALE | Invisible Hand: The Man Behind Colorado Schools' Efforts to Ban Trans Athletes
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Invisible Hand: The Man Behind Colorado Schools' Efforts to Ban Trans Athletes
Last week, dozens of Colorado school board members and administrators issued an open letter to the Colorado High School Activities Association (CHSAA), making what they called “an urgent and…
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Liz in CO @copubliced.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Emails suggest Co Springs lawyer Brad Miller was part of plan to plant a test case for religious public schools, involving public education entities Education ReEnvisioned BOCES, Pueblo School District 70, Falcon/CO District 49, Riverstone Academy, and Forging Education. buff.ly/e5TAg6O
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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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Liz in CO @copubliced.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Co Springs Attorney Brad Miller, Colorado Leaders for Academic Success (CLAS), and Elizabeth's Dan Snowberger tied to using public education resources to achieve US Supreme Court rulings. DAVIS: The Plot to Take a Local School District to the Supreme Court buff.ly/kptL52J
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DAVIS: The Plot to Take a Local School District to the Supreme Court
If you look at some of the most significant Supreme Court cases on cultural issues coming out in the last three terms, where have they come from?” the attorney quizzed...
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Liz in CO @copubliced.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Judge calls for dismissing Colorado school districts’ suit on transgender athletes’ rights, often referred to as "The CHSSA lawsuit." Other reporting documented CLAS and Attorney Brad Miller's ties to the districts, boards and schools that signed on. buff.ly/p4NxF86
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Judge calls for dismissing Colorado school districts’ suit on transgender athletes’ rights
The judge said in her recommendation that the districts didn’t have standing to challenge the state’s antidiscrimination law, or to sue on behalf of all their students.
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Liz in CO @copubliced.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Mick Bates was involved in the WPSD takeover from the beginning. Couldn’t handle being on the Board when voters took back control! Sad. Pathetic. Good riddance to a destructive ideologist. Conservative Woodland Park school board member resigns - Colorado Springs Gazette
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Conservative Woodland Park school board member resigns
In just over two months following the November elections that ushered in three new members to the Woodland Park RE-2 Board of Education, its longest-tenured member has stepped down. Former board…
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Liz in CO @copubliced.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
The Colorado Sun's politics team sat down with some of the state lawmakers, including Gov. Jared Polis, and discussed the 2026 Legislative Session, what challenges could occur and what will happen with the budget deficit. Watch the video here: buff.ly/hXZs6J6 buff.ly/usPXnel
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2026 Colorado State Legislative Session Preview (with Gov. Jared Polis)
The Colorado Sun’s politics team were live and in-person to preview the 2026 Legislative Session with some of our state’s lawmakers. Topics included what Coloradans can expect during the session…
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Liz in CO @copubliced.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Published today - a fact-based update on the Riverstone Academy closure and why it matters beyond one school. This isn’t about ideology—it’s about governance, public funding, and how church–state questions are being tested through contracts and oversight structures in Colorado. buff.ly/u7XMnP4
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Liz in CO @copubliced.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Hear directly from Colorado lawmakers who sit on the State House & Senate Education Committees. Their may focus will be maintaining ed spending during another tough budget year
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Colorado lawmakers will focus on maintaining ed spending during another tough budget year
Members of the Colorado House and Senate education committees joined Chalkbeat Colorado during our annual Legislative Preview.
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Liz in CO @copubliced.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
TONIGHT! Important Red, Wine & Blue virtual event to honor the late mom, Renee Good. Sign up here! buff.ly/Y0LDKeF
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Stand up with other moms to protect our neighbors and stop ICE. Sign up here!
Renee Good was killed by an ICE agent after dropping her child at school. They are using fear to silence us -- we will not let fear win. Join Red Wine & Blue and other mom groups to support one…
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Liz in CO @copubliced.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
Useful, timely info from the ACLU: Protesters’ Rights | American Civil Liberties Union
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Know Your Rights | Protesters’ Rights | ACLU
The First Amendment protects your right to assemble and express your views through protest. However, police and other government officials are allowed to place certain narrow restrictions on the…
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Liz in CO @copubliced.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
How the Colorado Schools Fund is setting up the case for vouchers | Colorado Newsline coloradonewsline.com/2025/10/17/c...
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How the Colorado Schools Fund is setting up the case for vouchers | Colorado Newsline
The Colorado Schools Fund is quietly playing a pivotal role in shaping the charter school movement and public acceptance of vouchers.
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Liz in CO @copubliced.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Former Univ. of Denver Dean, entrepreneur & consultant, JB Holston, appointed by Polis to lead CO’s merge of higher ed, workforce development & labor agencies www.chalkbeat.org/colorado/202...
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Gov. Polis appoints JB Holston to lead Colorado’s higher education department
Colorado entrepreneur and consultant JB Holston will lead the Colorado Department of Higher Education starting in January. He’s expected to help merge the department with other workforce programs…
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Liz in CO @copubliced.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
Worth your time to read! The Bipartisan Policy Center gives its take on the new Scholarship Tax Credit that Polis supports. The New Scholarship Tax Credit: Potential Impacts on the Landscape of Federal K-12 Funding •
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The New Scholarship Tax Credit: Potential Impacts on the Landscape of Federal K-12 Funding • Bipartisan Policy Center
The federal tax credit for scholarships (FTCS) is a new federal tax approach to supporting K-12 education. Now that this has become law, BPC is interested to see how the credit will be applied and…
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Liz in CO @copubliced.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
National coverage of a likely intentional drive to get a SCOTUS lawsuit. Who paved the way? Ken Witt, Brad Miller, Ann Ochs, Trevor Miller, Peter Hilts, Lori Thompson, and the Boards of D49, Pueblo D70, and ERBOCES. | This new public school in Colorado has a 'Christian foundation.' Can it last?
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Riverstone Academy in Pueblo is the latest school to test the legal limits of government funding for religious schools and the separation between church and state
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Liz in CO @copubliced.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
CO Springs literacy teacher, "Dr. G." was abruptly pulled out of the classroom and told they intend to fire her. Watch this coverage by NBC national news | Teachers protest in solidarity with suspended colleague NBC buff.ly/XQh1Cd4
Dr. Angelica Givler-Viers, a 5th grade literacy teacher, speaks to the crowd outside Colorado Springs School District 11.
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Liz in CO @copubliced.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Colorado can keep big money influence out of politics (Opinion)
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Liz in CO @copubliced.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
Part of the lawsuit against CHSAA has been settled - with ZERO changes to the organization’s policies, practices & authority. While people like D49’s Supt. Peter Hilts & claim victory, the districts who settled have to pay $60,000 in costs TO THE DEFENDANT, CHSAA. Read the article for full quotes!
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Settlement lets Colorado school districts keep biological-sex teams, avoid CHSAA penalties
The CHSAA settlement is the first significant development in a broad lawsuit over state rules and the association’s bylaws on transgender participation in high school sports.
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Liz in CO @copubliced.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Are CO school board members & administrators being manipulated by Washington DC law firms using a CO Springs lawyer? Are they intentionally exposing their school districts to lawsuits, distractions and conflicts? Read more about their plans for the US Supreme Court using CO schools. buff.ly/dK4cFJX
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DAVIS: The Plot to Take a Local School District to the Supreme Court
If you look at some of the most significant Supreme Court cases on cultural issues coming out in the last three terms, where have they come from?” the attorney quizzed...
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Liz in CO @copubliced.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Elizabeth, CO school district citing budget terminated a Black, female behavior analyst who spoke out in opposition of book banning, which were mostly about minority people and issues. A white woman was later hired with different title yetsimilar duties - and more pay. kdvr.com/news/local/e...
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Ex-employee sues Elizabeth School District after speaking out against book ban
The Elizabeth School District and some staff are facing a federal lawsuit after a former staff member claimed she was fired for speaking out against the controversial book ban.
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Liz in CO @copubliced.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Elizabeth, CO school district cited budget terminated a Black, female behavior analyst who spoke out in opposition of book banning, which were mostly about minority people and issues. A white woman was later hired with different title yetsimilar duties - and more pay. kdvr.com/news/local/e...
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Ex-employee sues Elizabeth School District after speaking out against book ban
The Elizabeth School District and some staff are facing a federal lawsuit after a former staff member claimed she was fired for speaking out against the controversial book ban.
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Liz in CO @copubliced.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Elizabeth, CO school district cited budget terminated a Black, female behavior analyst who spoke out in opposition of book banning, which were mostly about minority people and issues. A white woman was later hired with different title yetsimilar duties - and more pay. kdvr.com/news/local/e...
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Ex-employee sues Elizabeth School District after speaking out against book ban
The Elizabeth School District and some staff are facing a federal lawsuit after a former staff member claimed she was fired for speaking out against the controversial book ban.
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Liz in CO @copubliced.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
ERBOCES, Pueblo D70, and Colorado Springs’ D49 opened a public school with multiple safety violations. Colorado’s ‘first public Christian school’ facing health, safety violations, records show
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Colorado’s ‘first public Christian school’ facing health, safety violations, records show
Pueblo County officials have ordered officials at Riverstone Academy to make several fixes and ensure that someone patrols the building every 30 minutes to watch for fire.
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Liz in CO @copubliced.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
Transparency is one feature of effective governance. We strongly recommend this session with Jeff Roberts, CO Freedom of Information Coalition, courtesy of the League of Women Voters of Colorado. buff.ly/HYXW6bv #transparency #governance #ethicalgovernment #schoolboards #democracy #colorado
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Liz in CO @copubliced.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Check out this opportunity for ANYONE to get FREE coaching on writing. Anyone 13 years old, so students, adults, teens - check out this program in the Boulder Public Library District
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BoulderWrites - Boulder Public Library District
Sign up now for writing coaching! Attend a writing workshop! Are you hoping to strengthen and enhance your writing skills? Do you want support completing a writing project? BoulderWrites is the…
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Liz in CO @copubliced.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
School Board Members, Parents, Educators, & Industry Professionals - Who else has Learning Loss on their radar? Check out Chalkbeat Ideas: New Insights from Learning Loss Data with Emily Oster buff.ly/WfjVXsk
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Chalkbeat Ideas: New Insights from Learning Loss Data with Emily Oster
Join us for our first-ever Chalkbeat Ideas event, where our journalists examine the ideas and debates shaping American schools.
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Liz in CO @copubliced.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Check out the latest round of games using taxpayer $$ by the DougCO School Board.Their Prez slid a last-ditch effort on the agenda to insulate charters from contract reviews for 10 years, when the unofficial standard is 3-5 years. I'm siding with critics who say this is unethical. buff.ly/tLnWcz6
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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.
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Liz in CO @copubliced.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Senator Kolker Leads Hearing on Federal Education Cuts’ Impact on Colorado Students
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Senator Kolker Leads Hearing on Federal Education Cuts’ Impact on Colorado Students
Published: April 2025Sources: CBS Colorado, CPR NewsIn his role as Chair of the Colorado Senate Education Committee, Senator Chris Kolker led a high-profile public hearing this April to examine how…
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