Posted under Education Politics & Independence Institute & State Legislature
In case you missed it from Friday, after winning endorsements from both the Rocky Mountain News and Denver Post, a proposal to bring greater financial transparency to Colorado public schools moved one step closer to reality by passing the state senate on a preliminary voice vote.
I guess the big discussion state legislators had included some very interesting and telling remarks.
Dr. Jay Greene: "Eddie has the best blog of any 5-year-old that I know. In fact, Ed has one of the best education blogs, period."
Andy Rotherham, Eduwonk: "Lil' Ed, the bloggiest 5-year-old around."
Michael Roberts, Westword: "...[Eddie] talks and thinks suspiciously like the Institute's Jon Caldara -- meaning he's a conservative with a sense of humor."
Julie Poppen, Ed News Parent editor: "Such clever writing for age 5."
Jonathan Oglesby, Edspresso: "I'm not ashamed to admit this 5 year old teaches me something every time he posts"
Elizabeth Crum: "[W]ritten by a clever 5-year old named Ed....Aspiring education reformers should go take a look."
Matthew, Online Education: "Ed is Watching – the sharpest 5 year old in the entire education debate"
Global Scholar: Eddie is "an astute commentator for being only five years old"
Ed is Watching » Politician Double-Super-Killed School Spending Transparency: What’s to Hide? on 02 Apr 2009 at 12:04 pm #
[...] I’m young, and still learning about many different things. Like I’ve learned a lot about the word “transparency” this year – especially as it relates to taxpayer-funded schools making it easy for citizens to see how they spend their money. [...]