Who Cares?
[This post, written by Great Ed Field Organizer, Sue Catterall, was originally published by Colorado Community Media.] Though some Colorado students have already put summer behind them and are back in...
View ArticleThe trials, tribulations and opportunities of “Back to School”
It’s August, which means that most Colorado students will be back in classrooms (hot as they may be) by the end of the month. Here’s what we’ve been hearing about from supporters like you: “We have to...
View ArticleSupport 3A & 3B campaign in Jeffco
You probably know that Colorado’s education funding system is flat out broken. Every district in Colorado is facing heartbreaking decisions regarding class size, teaching slots, art & music, fees,...
View ArticleSellout crowd honors Elaine Gantz Berman at Great Ed Luncheon
Great Education Colorado presented our Second Annual Luncheon on September 19 at the Denver Athletic Club honoring State Board of Education Member Elaine Gantz Berman, a tireless champion for the...
View ArticleASK and INFORM your Candidates
Do legislative candidates know how education cuts have affected our schools, colleges, and students? Do they know that, if elected, their future constituents want 2013 to be the “Year of the Student”...
View ArticleInform and Ask Your Candidates
Consider this: This year’s legislative candidate could be next year’s legislator, and next year’s legislators will decide whether 2013 will be the “Year of the Student” or another lost year of...
View ArticleDoes Money Matter in Education?
For seven years, using graphs, stats, stories, petitions, maps and videos, Great Ed has been making this case: when reforms and proven strategies are matched with adequate resources, kids succeed. In...
View ArticleWhy 2013?
What a difference a day makes. A logjam frees up. The tumblers of a lock fall into place. Stars align. There is no shortage of analogies for the all-too-rare moment when the solution to a long-standing...
View ArticleReflections on Opening Day Speeches: Year of the Student is a state of mind
It’s 2013. For the more than 130 organizations and 7,500 individuals who have endorsed the 2013: Year of the Student Project, that means it’s time to find out whether the Colorado legislature will rise...
View ArticleYour “before it’s too late” reminder
If you want to add your voice to the 140+ organizations and over 7,600 individuals (so far) demanding that the legislature start reinvesting in the education of Colorado’s students, your time is...
View ArticleWhen Green Shirts “Flooded” the Capitol . . .
If any legislators were unaware of the growing Year of the Student movement before, that all changed on Wednesday when well over one-hundred students, parents, grandparents and concerned citizens came...
View ArticleInterview with Great Ed Executive Director Liane Morrison
Great Education Colorado Executive Director Liane Morrison spoke with KRCO-AM’s Repaving Main Street program last month about the challenges of starting and managing a nonprofit. Listen to the...
View ArticleWhat did (or didn’t) YOUR legislators say?
Just a few weeks ago, almost two hundred supporters of the Year of the Student Project flooded the Capitol to hand-deliver a message to legislators on behalf of over 8,500 individuals and 150...
View ArticleLobato Update: Watch the Supreme Court argument
UPDATE: The State Supreme Court heard oral arguments for the historic Lobato v. the State of Colorado school funding trial on Thursday, March 7. You can learn more about the proceedings in stories...
View ArticleState Supreme Court hears Lobato Case arguments
The rights and interests of Colorado’s students are once again front and center, now that the historic Lobato v. State of Colorado lawsuit has reached the state’s highest court for the second time. On...
View ArticleMid-Term Assessments: Is the Legislature Making 2013 the “Year of the Student”?
Accountability matters in education — for students, educators, parents . . . and state leaders. Three months ago, the 2013: Year of the Student Project (now 168 Boards and organizations and 9,500+...
View ArticleThe House will vote TODAY on prioritizing students
Over the past few weeks, the legislature has set its annual budget, determining how much to spend on all state programs for the 2013-14 year. (Click here to read our assessment of how students have...
View ArticleThe 2013 Colorado Legislative Session just ended. What happened and where do...
Almost one year ago, Great Education Colorado and a couple dozen organizations set a goal for the General Assembly: make 2013 the Year of the Student. Today, the Year of the Student coaltion includes...
View ArticleThe Lobato Decision: Ending and Beginning
This morning at a press conference, Taylor Lobato, the named plaintiff in the Lobato school funding lawsuit that sought to enforce the right of all Colorado students to a “thorough and uniform”...
View ArticleTo the Rescue
For those of us who are concerned about the impact poor education funding is having on our children and our state, last week was tough. When the Supreme Court put an end to the Lobato school funding...
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