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The Colorado budget is $3 billion in the hole, and the Joint Budget Committee posted its “Staff Budget Balancing FY 2020-2021” document April 11, 2020. Our state Sen. Bob Rankin and Rep. Julie McCluskie are on the Joint Budget Committee and have signed on to the recommendation to suspend the Homestead Tax Exemption to free up $163,578,262 toward decreasing the budget deficit.  While the law took effect in 2002, legislators voted not to fund it in 2003, 2004, 2005, 2009, 2010 and 2011. This exemption has allowed many owners to remain in the homes they love. Section 3.5 of Article...

The vultures are out in force at this point, jostling for the chance to make big bucks by picking at what they hope is the corpse of traditional public education. Education? There's an app for that, and we've got it!So it makes perfect sense that one of the grandaddies of the drive to disrupt and dismantle education would be in the Washington Post yesterday, making his pitch for "the education of the future." It must be frustrating to be Jeb. He was the smart one, and he was going to ride the noble steed of Common Core and education privatization...

Was learning math a drag for you in school? Would it have been easier if you didn’t have to rote learn your multiplication tables? Would some fun math games have helped you stop dragging your feet? This article is designed to give you some cool math games that you can do with your children at home to help them learn their arithmetic in an exciting way.   Cool Math Games on This Page The math games on this page consist of a few different types; outdoor games, board games, and indoor games. They are activities that kindergarten, middle school, and...

*AD I was kindly sent a TIMIO to reviewWith children being at home, the days feeling that little bit longer than normal and parents searching for ideas and ways to encourage learning that doesn't involve staring at a screen or frees up a little bit of time so they can catch up on other things is a struggle.My youngest recently turned 5, he hasn't attended school, instead, he has been doing a few mornings at a nature-based Kindergarten which doesn't do "formal" learning (although plenty of intrinsic learning) at his age so I've been using this lockdown to introduce him...

  One of the earliest arguments that I can remember having with my parents was over a play date. A new family had moved into town, our community small enough at that time for this to be noteworthy, and after meeting the new family at the general store, ( yes, I grew up in Mayberry ) my mother had offered an invitation to bring their young son by the house. It was summer, he would be joining the fifteen or sixteen other kids in my grade that fall, and it seemed the “neighborly ” thing to do. Thirty-five years blurs...