Governor Ritter’s Education Revolution Receives Raves from Capitol
3.27.08 PEN
Education will get more than a makeover with SB08-212, a bill to align state education standards with 21st century demands and to revolutionize how education is delivered to students pre/k-12.
“This bill is revolutionary,” said Dr. Jane Urschel of the Colorado Association of School Boards at a Senate Education Committee Hearing today. “It will bring together Ben Franklin’s view that education should prepare kids for useful work, and Jefferson’s view that there are laborers and learned people, and laborers are taught to labor and learned people are taught to live their aspirations. This bill will help kids learn useful skills and give them the capacity to live their aspirations.” (more…)
