Our Denver Our Schools
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Denver community voice for neighborhood public schools. We support PUBLIC education, not privatization of schools through charters or vouchers. ourdenverourschools.com https://www.facebook.com/ourdenverourschools
"Tell the Governor: NO Vouchers in Colorado: The Treasury regulations for federal school vouchers raise significant questions about public accountability, civil rights protections, and the use of public tax expenditures to support private and religious education." www.a4pep.org/post/federal...
Federal School Voucher Tax Credit: New Regulations Raise Concerns
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What Washington Gets Wrong About Education — According to 12 Teachers From Across the Country
Christina Andrade Melly, Rebecca Fortgang, Caryn Long, Lakeisha Patterson, Christopher Albrecht, Karen Moore, Wafa’ Safi, Tyler Murphy, Kareem Neal, Michelle Pearson, Cheryl Hughes, Brian Skinner
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Read ELC Litigation Director/Director of PFPS Jessica Levin's statement on the Treasury Department's proposed regulations for the federal voucher scheme. pfps.org/statement-fr...
Join PFPS Director Jessica Levin and ELC Staff Attorney Patrick Cremin tomorrow, Oct. 2, at 12 pm ET for a timely discussion of the federal voucher program regulations and what steps public education advocates can take next. Share widely and register here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
The new federal school voucher program (EFTC) shifts education dollars to billionaire-funded SGO's. It expands pathways to private and religious schools. This scam is another step toward privatizing education rather than strengthening public schools. docs.google.com/presentation...
The Heritage Foundation is infamous for organizing Project 2025. As I was investigating Heritage, I found that it promotes a network of Christian nationalist schools to parents. That network was founded by Doug Wilson, who is well-known for his extreme views. Read my investigative report here:
How the Heritage Foundation Promotes Christian Nationalist Schooling — Civil Defense
Tracing Heritage and Kevin Roberts’s ties to a growing network of classical Christian schools—and the policies steering public money their way.
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Denver board faces ongoing governance and civility issues | Paula Noonan
It’s mostly impossible to herd cats. So imagine how hard it is to herd a pride of snarling lions. That’s the task of Xóchitl Gaytán, president of the Denver Public Schools Board of Education. She was ...
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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...
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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Guess which photo below shows the Colorado school district labeled “distinction” by CDE! paulanoonan.substack.com/p/public-edu... "Public Education hasn’t moved forward in a decade! 2026 Colorado test scores tell a story that won’t end until we acknowledge the story won’t end"
Costly state standardized testing does NOT give "a definitive verdict on a school’s overall success or a child’s ability to finish a book, or ...capture how students statewide are performing in reading, math and other core subjects." coloradosun.com/2026/08/23/c...
Standardized test results make Colorado schools look bad. There’s more to the story.
Plenty of longtime educators and experts are skeptical about whether the tests are useful or even accurate
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@carolburris.bsky.social in @theprogressivemag.bsky.social ‘School Choice’ Does Not Provide Better Education for All Families progressive.org/publ...
‘School Choice’ Does Not Provide Better Education for All Families
Voucher and charter school programs are taking funds that could make our public schools stronger.
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OPINION: Charter schools are the Trojan horse of school privatization thenevadaindependent...
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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"In a 2024 survey of third-to-eighth-grade teachers, more than 80 percent said that their students’ reading stamina had declined since 2019." This is a MUST READ! @network4pubed.bsky.social @publicedpartners.bsky.social @ilfps.bsky.social @publiced412.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
The End of Reading Is Here
Optimists once believed that universal literacy was inevitable. Now it seems that the age of reading might be a short anomaly in human history.
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"Weiser also opposed Amendment 80, which would have opened the door to vouchers....Senator Bennet has a long record of support for the charter school industry, and his tenure as Denver Public Schools superintendent..left a legacy of tension." npeaction.org/npe-action-e...
NPE Action Endorses Phil Weiser for the Democratic Primary Candidate for Governor
NPE Action endorses Sue Woltanski for Monroe County School Board, District 5
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"The most shocking outcome may be the possible failure of Sen. Michael Bennet’s campaign for governor... While polling gave Bennet a massive 31-point lead over Attorney General Phil Weiser last summer...Weiser...has a 9-point lead." www.huffpost.com/entry/colora...
The Democratic Insurgency Is Sweeping Through Colorado
Progressive candidates appear to have an edge in Colorado’s Democratic primaries next week.
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"Michael Bloomberg, a billionaire who supports charter schools, has contributed more than $3 million to a pro-Bennet super PAC." His money LOST vs Mamdani in New York. coloradonewsline.com/2026/06/10/r... Weiser leads in recent polls. coloradosun.com/2026/06/25/p... www.nytimes.com/2026/06/28/u...
Colorado’s Primary for Governor Pivots to Trump and Who Will Fight Him
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UPDATE: June 27, 4:00 p.m. Kalshi betting site for Colorado Democratic Governor nominee- Phil Weiser69% Michael Bennet32% Ken Salazar0.1% kalshi.com/markets/kxgo...
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Jane Fonda in Brighton sounding the alarm over data centers-"Find out where the candidate gets their money from." Bennet's billionaire backers-Tench Coxe and Steve Mandel-are funding data center expansion. www.aol.com/news/actress... jacobin.com/2026/04/demo... coloradonewsline.com/2026/06/01/b...
1/6 Curious about Bennet's legacy as Supt. in DPS? On June 9, a veteran DPS teacher/parent posted an op-ed on ODOS facebook site on June 9. It evoked memories for many Denver residents-educators, parents, students alike. Her op-ed has been shared over 400 times. coloradosun.com/2025/07/21/m...
Ken Ohmstede is the chair of the Colorado Democratic Party in Senate District 26, Arapahoe Party. Billionaire money should not be deciding the election for Governor. Bloomberg is only ONE of at least NINE billionaires who are trying to buy the election. coloradonewsline.com/2026/06/01/b...
UPDATE: Michael Bennet's Super PAC now has over $10 million, mostly from finance equity investors and the ultra-wealthy millionaires and billionaires. @kylec.bsky.social @coloradonewsline.com @philinvestigates.com coloradosun.com/2026/06/16/m... coloradonewsline.com/2026/06/01/b...
How billionaire money could influence Colorado’s Democratic primary election for governor | Colorado Newsline
Money is becoming a big factor in Democratic campaign for Colorado governor, primarily due to one group of funders: billionaires.
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McKee built his career as a charter supporter. Now he sees what their expansion is doing to RI public schools. Thanks for your courage, governor, & kudos to the RI legislature. @rweingarten.bsky.social @neapresident.bsky.social @dianeravitch.bsky.social
"But if keeping kids indoors is what he means by a norm of our car system, then he expects Americans will develop burdensome and unhealthy coping mechanisms and a willingness to absorb pain on behalf of the perceived and real benefits of AI. He’s ready for Americans to eat AI’s numerous high costs."
We Reshaped the Landscape for Cars, Not People. Will We Do the Same for AI?
On a gobsmacking interview with Nvidia's CEO
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Anne Lutz Fernandez@lutzfernandez.bsky.social · 4mo agoHere's the article with the interview:
Billionaires Tench and Simone Coxe donated $100K to Michael Bennet's campaign for Colorado's Governor. Tench Coxe serves on Nvidia's board. www.influencewatch.org/person/tench... "Nvidia is heavily invested in data center expansion." Bennet wants more Ai in schools. jacobin.com/2026/04/demo...
The “Moderate” Think Tank Pushing Dems to Loosen AI Rules
Ascendant DC think tank Searchlight Institute, pushing Democrats to the center, has ties to megadonor Simone Coxe, whose Nvidia-linked money could boost AI-backed efforts to defend data center build-o...
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Lynne Popkowski@pop-lynne.bsky.social · 4mo ago🚨 Endorsement Alert! "Weiser also opposed Amendment 80, which would have opened the door to vouchers. He is a strong supporter of increased funding for public schools. He believes that teacher salaries must be increased." #philforgovernor npeaction.org/npe-action-e...
And Bennet claims to not know why pro-charter schools Bloomberg gave his campaign $4.6 mil. His pacs have dark money pro-charter school/voucher proponents. @mcolorado.bsky.social @a4pep.bsky.social @cocharterwatch.bsky.social @odoschools.bsky.social #copolitics
The Colorado Sun ☀️@coloradosun.com · 4mo agoMichael Bennet loans his campaign for governor $1M as support from Michael Bloomberg surpasses $4.6M
Please read this from someone who was at DPS when #MichaelBennet was there. The devil is in the details and they're ugly. @a4pep.bsky.social @cocharterwatch.bsky.social @mcolorado.bsky.social
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