By Bob Rankin Special to the Herald Times RBC | The 2018 legislative session is underway, for the Joint Budget Committee that is. We received the governor’s request on Nov. 1 and we’re busy digging into and questioning as much of the 30 billion dollars of spending as we can.[Read More…]
Tag: Education
{Guest Column} Under the Dome: Rankin returns to joint budget committee
By Bob Rankin Special to the Herald Times RBC | Be very afraid. The Joint Budget Committee of the Colorado Legislature of which I’m a member is back at work. We have the Governor’s recommendations and we plan to spend $30.5 billion of which $11.5 billion is the general fund[Read More…]
Guest Column: Some school districts creatively solving challenges
By Joyce Rankin Special to the Herald Times RBC | Teacher shortage, continuing education, parent participation, technology, and students unqualified to satisfy workforce needs. These are just some of the challenges our public schools face. In September I toured southwest Colorado and found some school superintendent’s creatively solving some of[Read More…]
{Guest Column} Under the Dome: The special session that wasn’t
By REP. Bob Rankin Special to the Herald Times RBC I Well, the two-day “special session” of the legislature turned out to be, not so special. The call to session was so narrowly defined that we couldn’t offer alternative solutions. The proposed solution was controversial depending on how you interpret[Read More…]
Guest Column: Under the Dome – What’s coming up for the state’s Joint Budget Committee
By Bob Rankin Special to the Herald Times RBC | I don’t know what to write about this month. Every time I get focused on a task somebody sends me a new email and off I go on another quest for truth and justice. There is certainly no lack of[Read More…]
Guest Editorial: Under the Dome: News from House District 57
By BOB RANKIN Special to the Herald Times RBC | Education Leadership Council: My big news this month is my participation with the lieutenant governor as co-chair of a reinvigorated ELC. We will appoint the members this month and start our work to build a vision for the future of[Read More…]
Guest Editorial: Meeker schools remain committed to excellence
By Chris Selle Special to the Herald Times MEEKER | With the adjournment of the 71st General Assembly of the Colorado Legislature, school districts are now in the process of making sense of the legislation passed by our elected officials. Every legislative session includes some focus on education, and 2017[Read More…]
Across the Street: The legislative session and the accountability clock: Time’s up! {Guest Column}
By Joyce Rankin Special to the Herald Times RBC | This week will end the 2017 legislative session. As of May 7, there were 61 bills addressing K-12 education issues. Of these, 25 did not pass, 23 passed and 10 are pending. I’m sure we will hear more as the[Read More…]
To better educate next generation, reinvent the classroom
RBC I Quick! Pop quiz! More education funding plus smaller class sizes equals better test scores, right? Wrong. Foreign students outperform Americans on numerous tests: literacy, math, technological knowledge, even everyday skills.
Don’t let your child’s brain go on vacation during holidays
RBC I You may have heard of “summer slide”—when those summer months cause kids to lose all that glorious information and knowledge they acquired during the school year. But even shorter breaks can cause education rifts for students, too.
Guest Editorial: Education paradigms all wrong; new thinking needed
RBC I Think of our schools as a horse and buggy. It worked well in a different time, but times have changed. Educational needs have changed as much as transportation needs. Retrofitting a horse and buggy will not give us an airplane, and yet we seem to expect that reforms[Read More…]
What you can do to ensure “No Child is Left Behind”
RBC I “Test cheating scandal!” “Budget cuts!” “Accreditation lost!” These are the types of headlines associated with school districts around the nation today. With issues like these mounting on the front lines of education, even the best and brightest teachers need reinforcements.
