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School Boards, administrators, teachers, and most importantly, students are grappling with how to deal with at least 6.12% cuts across the state for next year. Higher education institutions, students, and parents face possible tuition increases, as state funding for higher education faces down the Cliff.
We’re keeping close track of the impact of cuts across the state with local narratives (video and written), news articles, per pupil cut amounts, and specific cuts being considered. In fact, we’re giving people a chance to take action and add their stories to the …

Bringing some humor to the serious issue of school resources, “Granny”, played by Denver actress Amie MacKenzie, made her appearance on the Great Education Action website, the GEC blog, and in our newsletters. In the videos, Granny learned about the dismal state of school funding in Colorado from conversations with her grandson. From old textbooks, to ancient technology, to fundraising hell, the Granny files highlighted resource issues identified in the 2008 Quality Counts report. (Now those statistics are a year old and the more recent stats are even worse).
Granny’s appearances …

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The Facts Behind the Video

Fact: Colorado Spends $1034 less per pupil than the national average.

Source: Education Week, Quality Counts 2008, Finance Data

Per-pupil spending adjusted for regional cost differences, based on National Center for Educational Statistics data.

Fact: Colorado ranks 38th nationally in student-teacher ratios.

Source: Education Week, Quality Counts 2008: Teacher Quality (Page 6)

Based on U.S. Department of Education’s Common Core of Data, 2005-06.