Strokes from other Pens

Letter to the Editor,

Proposition 119, on the ballot in your mail box, creates the Colorado Learning Authority to administer money for tutoring and other out-of-school learning opportunities. On the surface, this proposition looks like a good thing. Dig beneath the surface and you’ll find that it isn’t what it looks like.

The brand-new nine-member Colorado Learning Authority, appointed by the Governor, would have absolutely no oversight given by either the State Board of Education or the Colorado Department of Education, according to the 2021 State Ballot Information Booklet, pp. 8-13. None. Z...