Privatization & Education Reform:
ARTICLE: Billionaires Pave the Way for Trump’s Federal Vouchers in the School Privatization Movement, by Dr. Mike DeGuire in Colorado Times Recorder, Mar. 10, 2026.
ARTICLE: A Backdoor School Voucher Scheme That Sidesteps Civil Rights and Undermines Public Oversight, commentary in The Century Foundation, Mar. 3, 2026.
VIDEO: Vouchers, Patriotism and Prayer: The Trump Administration’s Plan to Remake Public Education, by ProPublica, Jan. 9, 2026.
ARTICLE: Take note, Gov. Polis: Coloradans have repeatedly said no to school vouchers, by Kevin Welner and Kathy Gebhardt, in The Colorado Sun, Dec. 16, 2025.
ARTICLE: Colorado governor plans to opt into Trump-endorsed initiative that some fear will lead to voucher program, in The Colorado Sun, Dec. 5, 2025.
ARTICLE: What Diane Ravitch Has Learned in Her Decades on Both Sides of the School Reform Fights, by Matt Barnum in Chalkbeat, Dec. 16, 2025.
ARTICLE: A Tax-Funded Religious School in Colorado Would Undermine Reality-Based Education, in Colorado Times Recorder, Nov. 17, 2025.
ARTICLE: Denver Must Choose a Public-Good Vision for All Schools, by Mike DeGuire, Nov. 2, 2025.
ARTICLE: This "Public Christian School" Opened Quietly in Colorado. Now There Could Be a Legal Fight, in Chalkbeat, Oct. 21, 2025.
ARTICLE: How the Colorado Schools Fund Is Setting Up the Case for Vouchers, by Mike DeGuire, in Colorado Newsline, Oct. 17, 2025.
ARTICLE: Bully: The Crisis of Leadership in Montezuma-Cortez Schools, by Logan Davis, in Colorado Times Recorder, Oct. 16, 2025.
ARTICLE: Colorado Department of Education Challenges Eligibility of "First Public Christian School," by Eric Young, in The Denver Gazette, Oct. 15, 2025.
INTERVIEW: Billionaires Are Involved in Denver School Board Races - Again!, with Mike DeGuire of A4PEP and Jackie Falcone of Our Denver, Our Schools, on KGNU Community Radio, Oct. 14, 2025.
ARTICLE: Outside Money, Inside Influence: The Network Shaping Denver's School Board Race, by Mike DeGuire, in Colorado Times Recorder, Oct. 8, 2025.
ARTICLE: The Bipartisan March Toward Gutting Public Schools, in Denver and Beyond, by Mike DeGuire, in Colorado Times Recorder, Sept. 17, 2025.
FACT SHEET: States Must Reject Harmful Federal Voucher Program, from Public Funds for Public Schools, a project of the Education Law Center, Sept. 15, 2025.
FACT FAQs: Federal Voucher Program - FAQs, from Public Funds for Public Schools, a project of the Education Law Center, Sept. 15, 2025.
ARTICLE: Choice Alone Not the Answer for Colorado's Education Inequities, by Paula Noonan in Colorado Politics, Sept. 12, 2025.
REPORT: What Do Corporate Earnings Reports and Standardized Test Scores Have in Common? by Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice, Sept. 12, 2025.
ARTICLE: School Board Races Are Kicking Off. These Are Some Districts to Watch, by Logan Davis, in The Muckraker, Sept. 10, 2025.
ARTICLE: Dark Money Spending Could Overshadow Local Priorities for Denver Schools, by Mike DeGuire, in Colorado Newsline, Aug. 29, 2025.
PODCAST: Why Are Billionaires Messing With Public Education? by National Education Association, Aug. 12, 2025.
ARTICLE: Polis Downplays Many Benefits of Education as He Promotes Corporate-Backed Job Preparedness, by Mike DeGuire, in Colorado Newsline, Aug. 5, 2025.
ARTICLE: Invisible Hand: The Man Behind Colorado Schools’ Efforts to Ban Trans Athletes, by Logan M. Davis and Chloe Ragsdale, in Colorado Times Recorder, April 24, 2025.
ARTICLE: How the Educational Choice for Children Act Would Use Tax Avoidance to Fuel School Privatization, from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, Mar. 18, 2025.
ARTICLE: Putting a Price Tag on Universal School Voucher Programs, from Education Law Center, Mar. 11, 2025
ARTICLE: Billionaires Pave the Way for Trump’s Federal Vouchers in the School Privatization Movement, by Mike DeGuire, Colorado Times Recorder, Mar. 10, 2025.
ARTICLE: What Now for Democrats for Education Reform: The once-powerful group’s internal turmoil and diminishing size and status may be signs that the school privatization movement is now a fully right-wing enterprise, in the Progressive Magazine, Mar. 3, 2025.
ARTICLE: Why Education Reformers Will Find a Home in the Trump Administration, in The Left Chapter, Feb. 16, 2025.
ARTICLE: What the Death of the Department of Education Would Mean for Colorado Kids, by Colorado Times Recorder, Feb. 12, 2025.
ARTICLE: Protecting Public Education: The Danger of Politicizing Local School Boards, by Rob Rogers, Dec. 2024.
ARTICLE: What would it mean if President-elect Trump dismantled the U.S. Department of Education? by Kevin Welner, professor at University of Colorado Boulder, School of Education, Nov. 21, 2024.
ARTICLE: The New Education Reform Lie: Why Denver Is a Warning Sign, Not a Model, for Urban School Districts, by Jeff Bryant, published by Alternet (republished in Salon, covered in Diane Ravitch's blog), May 1, 2024.
ARTICLE: How 20 Years of Education Reform Has Created Greater Inequality, from Stanford SOCIAL INNOVATION Review, May 1, 2024.
ARTICLE: Inequitable Policies Are Destroying Our Public Education System, by Manuel Solano, in El Seminario, April 2024.
ARTICLE: Billionaire "Dark Money" Is Behind the Denver School Board Endorsements, by Mike DeGuire, in Colorado Newsline, Oct. 21, 2023.
ARTICLE: The Public Is Souring on Public Education, but Parents Still Give Their Own Child's School High Marks, in Chalkbeat, Sept. 5, 2023.
ARTICLE: Buying the Birthright: A Woodland Park Investigation, by Logan Davis, The Muckraker, Colorado Times Recorder, July 26, 2023.
ARTICLE: Politicians and pundits say parents are furious with schools; polls say otherwise, in Chalkbeat, July 25, 2023.
ARTICLE: Adams 14 School District settles years-long dispute with MGT Consulting, on CBS Colorado, May 12, 2023.
ARTICLE: Stop Privatization: Potential solutions to the inequities caused by the billionaires’ push to privatize education in Denver Public Schools by Mike DeGuire, public education advocate and A4PEP board member, April 6, 2023.
ARTICLE: Biden’s Education secretary is done sitting “idly” amid schools fight, in Politico, Mar. 27, 2023.