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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...
Who’s going back to school?
A number of legislators responded to your requests to go back to school by taking a school tour, where they can see successes and challenges in Colorado classrooms and learn from parents, teachers, students, and administrators about the impact that state policies are having on Colorado's schools and students. See...
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...
Keep the TABOR Surplus for Kids Petition: Special Delivery
We just delivered more than 3,100 of your petition signatures and 600 stories to the governor and legislators at the Capitol. Our message to state leaders: Do whatever it takes to use Colorado's growing state revenues to pay back the debt we owe our kids after six years of cuts. In short, we are asking the...
Is there “Common Ground on Common Core”?
Recently you've heard a lot from us about school funding and the state budget. Today, I wanted to let you know about three other Great Ed efforts — all geared toward making sure that every student graduates ready for the world. There's no denying that the debate about standards and testing in...
Keep the TABOR Surplus for Kids Petition Delivery
We delivered petition signatures and stories to the Capitol on April 16, asking Gov. Hickenlopper and the legislature that we keep the TABOR surplus for kids. Download the full package of documentsPetition signaturesStoriesRepresentative Stories The signatures represent parents, grandparents, educators, business people and community members from across the state, including:...
Keep the TABOR Surplus for Kids Petition Signatures
Cities represented and the number of signatures as of April 9. If you haven’t already, add to your community’s representation by signing the petition here. If you’ve already signed, share the Facebook link or use this tool to tell your family and friends to sign! Agate1Aguilar1Akron1Alamosa22Almont1Anton1Antonito1Arvada125Aspen5Aurora58Avon43Bailey4Basalt1Bayfield4Bellvue1Berthoud3Black Hawk3Boulder81Bow Mar1Boyero1Briggsdale1Brighton38Broomfield63Brush4Buena Vista1Burdett1Burlington1Calhan2Campo1Canon City4Carbondale10Castle...
Opportunity for a Long-term Fix?
**UPDATE -- April 28, 2015. Sadly, after passing the House, HB 1334 was killed ("postponed indefinitely") by a 4-3 vote in the Senate Appropriations Committee this morning. Voting against the bill were Senators Grantham, Lambert, Sonnenberg and Woods. Those supporting the bill were Senators Heath, Hodge, and Steadman. ** For the past several...
My Fun Morning at the State Capitol
By Mary McNeil Cheever, Great Ed Volunteer and Advocate I recently signed up for Great Education Colorado’s Advocacy Day at the capitol to talk to my legislators about public education funding in my district. Even though I have been involved, on and off, for years with education funding issues, I...
Gut Check
Which Colorado do you want to live in: A) One where we limit and cut funding for education in good economic times because of a formula in the constitution that requires automatic tax rebates; OR B) A Colorado where we use growing revenues to reverse education cuts and invest in...
Announcing a new initiative from Great Education Colorado
Access to a quality education is the civil rights movement of our time. Currently, Colorado is in the bottom 10 percent in the nation regarding per capita spending on education and has not provided children of color with the resources they need to graduate and enter college or the workforce....
Credit Where Credit is Due
After just the first day of Colorado's legislative season, there's no point in trying to predict if this will be a good year for Colorado's students. There's no way to know right now if the legislature will make investment in teaching and in our classrooms a high priority. But we...
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