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Who will Great Education Colorado honor this year?
Great Education Colorado is proud to announce that we will honor Dr. Donna Lynne, President of Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Colorado, at the annual Great Education Colorado Luncheon this fall (date...
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The graph that says it all … updated
The most recent numbers of per-pupil funding in Colorado vs. the national average have been posted in our statistics section. The latest update shows that as of the 2010-11 school year, Colorado is...
View ArticleA Message from 6 Gypsum Teachers
“What an experience! I am so pumped for us to keep the ball rolling and get more players on board fighting for Colorado kids!” Last Friday we were delighted to have several Gypsum teachers join us at...
View ArticleIn the Vail Daily: Repair damage of cuts
Great Education Colorado’s board chair Margie Adams and Wendy Rimel. a parent and president of Education Foundation of Eagle County, wrote an editorial for the Vail Daily about what’s happening the in...
View ArticleStudents need addition, not subtraction
We will be losing Spanish, woodshop, gifted talented, half our physical education and half our computer classes as well as cutting back on levels of math and language classes. — ML, Hesperus Now after...
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First Take: What Happened on School Finance?
It took until the last day of the session, but the legislature has finally made its decisions on funding for the 2014-15 school year. We’ll provide further analysis when the ink has dried next week;...
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An open letter to public education supporters
Thank you. When this session began, the conventional wisdom was that there would be no effort to reverse education cuts – that keeping up with inflation was the most we should expect. We knew then that...
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Session review: A good year to build on
The 2014 legislative session ended last week and we were left with this question: What do you call a session where the legislature did make significant new investments in education (preschool through...
View ArticleWhat do we owe our children?
It’s a question of legacy and priorities, about hopes, dreams and responsibility. What do we owe our children? It’s a question that could spark a long, interesting conversation among parents, students,...
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Great Education Colorado celebrates Dr. Donna Lynne and Dr. Cindy Stevenson...
At the 4th Annual Great Education Colorado Luncheon on October 2, 2014, Great Ed honored Dr. Donna Lynne, President of Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Colorado and presented Dr. Cindy Stevenson with...
View ArticleHelp us understand the challenges to effective organizing and advocacy
Close your eyes and picture a classroom that meets your vision of what the students in your life and your community need and deserve. What did you see? A manageable number of kids in the room?...
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The graph that says it all … updated
The most recent numbers of per-pupil funding in Colorado vs. the national average have been posted in our statistics section. The latest update shows that as of the 2010-11 school year, Colorado is...
View ArticleA Message from 6 Gypsum Teachers
“What an experience! I am so pumped for us to keep the ball rolling and get more players on board fighting for Colorado kids!” Last Friday we were delighted to have several Gypsum teachers join us at...
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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...
View ArticleAnnouncing 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...
View ArticleGut 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...
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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...
View ArticleOpportunity for a Long-term Fix?
For the past several years, Great Ed has worked to find leaders in the legislature who would not just fight for better school funding in the short-term, but would also work toward a long-term plan for...
View ArticleIs 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...
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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...
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