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Dear supporter,
For over eight years, with your help, we have been telling the Colorado State Legislature that funding for our schools is insufficient.
Even before the cuts of the past three years, public school supporters like you made their voices heard at press conferences and legislative hearings, and through petitions, letters and phone calls to legislators, telling them that our schools simply don’t have the resources necessary to provide the quality education that every child needs to succeed in the 21st century.
Today, we wanted you to know that another important voice …

Facts and Figures:
The ‘Bright Colorado’ Initiative Summary
Printable one-page Summary of “Bright Colorado” Initiative
Printable double-sided wallet cards explaining the Initiative (Print using Avery Templates Laser Printer #5877 or Inkjet Printer #8871)
Colorado vs. the National Average K-12 Education Per Pupil Funding Graph
Ways to Take Action:
Schedule a Presentation at your first PTA Meeting, or the church or community group you belong to.
Show your support for Colorado students by attending one of both of the following Press Conferences:
Sunday, July 31 – Lobato v. State of Colorado Press Conference
Time: 10:45 AM
Location: West Steps of the …

As an organization that empowers Coloradans who believe that we can and must do a better job of investing in our schools, Great Education Colorado values action over talk, leadership over timidity, creativity over resignation, and passion for improving education, even when the going gets tough. That’s what we were thinking about when we began planning our “Inaugural Great Education Colorado Luncheon” and had to make the decision: Who should be the luncheon honoree?

Click here to print out a One-page Summary of the Heath Ballot Proposal.
Click here to tell us you want to find a petition to sign.
Click here to print a double-sided business card-sized wallet card (Avery Template Laser Printer #5877 or Inkjet #8871)
Great Education Colorado is endorsing the Heath Ballot Initiative Proposal.  The proposed citizen’s initiative would restore state income, corporate and sales taxes to their 1999 levels for the benefit of education:

Corporate income tax and personal income tax rates would increase from 4.63% to 5%.
The state sales …

Great Education Colorado is currently hiring for a Metro Field Coordinator.  We will be accepting cover letters and resumes at info@greateducation.org through Thursday, May 5.
POSITION: Metro Field Coordinator
RESPONSIBLE TO: Coordinator of Research & Community Partnerships and Great Ed senior staff
SUMMARY:
This position will staff existing Great Ed chapters and assist in developing new chapters of supporters in the Denver metro area, which entails:
-  coordinating and attending chapter meetings;
-  volunteer recruitment, and collaboration with local volunteer chapter leaders;
-  producing/tailoring requested materials for chapter presentations;
-  coordinating chapter-specific newsletters, communications support and
online tools;
-  …

When the Great Futures Coalition and Great Ed delivered signatures and stories to state leaders in mid-March, we asked them to answer two questions:  1) “Do you understand the impact that multi-year cuts are having on students?”; and 2) “Are you OK with that?”
Some legislators answered. Some didn’t.  The current responses are listed below alphabetically by Senate and House. If you do not know who your legislators are, link here and enter your Zip Code and Address.
Senator Irene Aguilar, SD 32
1) Yes
2) No
I would encourage your organization to work with …

Attend your legislator’s upcoming Town Hall meeting and be sure they hear your story about the impact of Colorado’s poor P-20 education funding on our kids and economy.  Over 5,200 Coloradans asked state leaders two questions through Great Ed’s Is it OK? Letter delivered on March 14.  Help us make  sure these issues are discussed:
1) Do you recognize the effect that reduced funding is having on students — preschool through higher ed? and
2) Is it OK with you?
Let us know what they say on the Great Ed Facebook Page!
Click here …

With your support, this year’s Family Festival was a smash success!

On November 2, 2010, Colorado voters soundly defeated Amendments 60, 61 & Proposition 101 by margins of more than two to one.
Colorado said NO to slashing taxes and slashing public services; no to dismantling our schools, colleges and universities; no to destroying the safety net that protects Colorado’s kids.  Colorado chose public education and long-term investments in our kids and economy, over short-term, short-sighted individual gain.
As we look over the past three months, we’re proud of the work we did along with so many other organizations to stop the Amendments …