News Category: Great Education Colorado
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What is the language set by the Title Board for the measures?
The Title Board met on April 6 and set title for the following three versions of the ballot measure: Measure #116 A change to the Colorado Revised Statutes permanently authorizing the state to retain and spend all state revenues that exceed the constitutional limitation on state fiscal year spending, and,...
Just look at what you did
Just a few days ago, we asked public education supporters around Colorado to stand with Colorado's school superintendents — either in person or in spirit — at the state capitol, as they called on the legislature for adequate funding of schools. The response was overwhelming. Thousands of Coloradans joined you...
New Year’s Resolution: Stand Up!
Class sizes too big? School fees too high? Teachers spread too thin? Those are symptoms of a state that chronically underfunds its schools. With the Colorado state legislative session starting next week, it's more important than ever that our state leaders hear the voices of public education supporters who know...
Great Education Colorado celebrates Bob Deibel and Colorado’s superintendents at 2015 Luncheon
At the 5th Annual Great Education Colorado Luncheon on October 1, 2015, Great Ed honored Bob Deibel, president of OfficeScapes, and presented Colorado's superintendents with the Vicki A. Mattox Award for Excellence in Education. Scroll down to see the first video from the Colorado School Experience, which features Deibel and...
Statement of Great Education Colorado on the Supreme Court Decision in Dwyer v. Colorado
Supreme Court Allows the State to Renege on the Promise Voters Made to Students by Passing Amendment 23 Today’s disappointing decision is, unfortunately, just another in a long line of setbacks for the children of Colorado. Despite the voters' best efforts to take students off the tracks of Colorado’s inevitable...
Lights. Camera. Action.
We’ve never done this before. Want in? We believe that every student deserves a fair shot at success. We're also certain that if Coloradans knew that poor school funding is getting in our kids’ way, they'd care and they’d take action. So how can we make sure they know? We need...
There’s no free lunch . . . or summer school
Have you noticed the “Something for Nothing” Syndrome when it comes to public education in Colorado? It’s where opinion leaders and policy makers decide something good should happen, but commit nothing to making it possible. Under the Syndrome, Colorado keeps adding to a list of important, beneficial outcomes — like...
A Mom’s Take on the 2015 Legislative Session
Here's a Mother's Day observation: Advocating at the Capitol is a lot like parenting. It takes patience, persistence and consistency. You have to be clear in your expectations and you aren't always certain that you're actually being heard — though in the long-run you often find that you got the...
Whom will Great Ed honor this year?
Great Education Colorado will honor the very deserving Bob Deibel, education advocate and president of OfficeScapes, at its annual luncheon in 2015. 5th Annual Great Education Colorado Luncheon Honoring Bob Deibel Thursday, October 1 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. Grand Hyatt Denver, 1750 Welton Street Having built a thriving office interiors company,...
These dollars are for schools.
[**UPDATE: May 1, 2015. The Senate has given final approval to SB15-267, the School Finance Act, with an amendment (Section 5) stating the legislature's intent that increased property tax revenue will be used for schools, rather than to help fund other parts of the budget. Our thanks to the hundreds who wrote to...