BRW September Lunch 

Pamela Benigno, Director of the Independence Institute's Education Policy Center

Pamela Benigno, the Director of the Independence Institute’s Education Policy Center since 1997, has devoted her career to advancing the best opportunities to children involved in K-12 education. In this endeavor she provides a counterbalance to the education establishment. She challenges the status quo to create better learning opportunities for Colorado’s children, stands up for parental rights, and supports independent-minded teachers.

Pam has authored and co-authored numerous publications, speaks to local and national groups, and provides commentary as a radio and television guest. Her work has been referenced in several books and publications, including The Wall Street Journal, School Reform News, Daily Caller, and Townhall Magazine.

Since the late 1980s, Pam has been involved in the passage of private school choice programs and works diligently promoting school choice and the charter school movement. She launched schoolchoiceforkids.org to educate English and Spanish speakers about educational options offered in Colorado.

Early in her career, Pam realized the need to reach school board candidates and members with policy ideas and hosted school board candidate policy briefings. She keeps Colorado school board members and superintendents up-to-date with publications from the Education Policy Center.

Pam has a heart for teachers. The Education Policy Center reaches independent-minded teachers via independentteachers.org. Pam also created the K-12 Policy Roundtable for university education majors which covers controversial topics to prepare teachers for their future careers.

Pam serves on the Colorado Advisory Committee to the U.S. Office of Civil Rights. She is the past chair and current board member of the Professional Association of Colorado Educators (PACE). Additionally, she serves on the Colorado League of Charter Schools’ Governmental Affairs Committee. Pam earned a B.A. at the University of Northern Colorado in Elementary Education.

“EDUCATION IS SIMPLY THE SOUL OF A SOCIETY AS IT PASSES FROM ONE GENERATION TO ANOTHER” GILBERT K. CHESTERTON

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