Jan 6, 2013
A new year is upon us. While many students get ready to wrap up their extended school breaks, the disgruntled teachers union leadership in Douglas County continues its smear campaign. And while reform opponents stretch the truth to attack the school board that bid...
Oct 24, 2012
Here’s hoping all Colorado teachers union branches care enough to arm their receptionists with information on their members’ automatic political contributions. It would be a small tip of the hat to customer service to stop taking member funds for granted...
Sep 12, 2012
The Denver Post’s Kevin Simpson may need to hear from his own Inigo Montoya. No, not because he has any extra fingers or is in need of revenge. Early in The Princess Bride, after his Sicilian partner in crime has lisped out another “Inconceivable!”,...
Sep 5, 2012
On August 26, a glowing Denver Post feature introduced Kerrie Dallman to thousands of readers as the new president of one of the state's strongest and most one-sided lobbying arms: the Colorado Education Association. Dallman told reporter Kevin Simpson that...
Aug 1, 2012
Education affairs in Douglas County have attracted a great deal of attention in recent times, often generating more heat than light. A little more clarity is needed, however, to help understand the nature of the opposition to the bold reform agenda in Colorado's...