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Great Ed honors George Sparks at annual luncheon
Great Education Colorado’s annual luncheon honored George Sparks, President and CEO of the Denver Museum of Nature & Science, on October 2, 2013. Above you will find a video shown at the event,...
View ArticleWhy this mom is voting YES on Amendment 66
Sometimes an opportunity comes along that is so rare with such high stakes, you’ve got to grab it. That’s how I feel about Amendment 66. As a mom, nothing is more important to me than the well-being of...
View ArticleWhat’s better — MORE or LESS?
What’s better — MORE or LESS? After years of deep cuts to education that left Colorado’s students and their parents doing more with less, we have the chance to simply do more. Amendment 66 will help...
View ArticleWhat’s better — EARLY or LATE?
What’s better — EARLY or LATE? When it comes to education, the research is clear: $1 spent on early childhood education returns as much as $16 — to the student in higher earnings and the taxpayer in...
View ArticleIt’s Time to Vote
Ballots are arriving and it’s time to stand up for Colorado’s kids. Amendment 66 will help undo years of harmful cuts with more resources, and decisions about how to spend the new resources will be...
View ArticleAmendment 66′s Accountability: The Right Balance
One of the questions we are asked online and in presentations most frequently is about how voters can be sure that the dollars raised by Amendment 66 will be used most effectively for the benefit of...
View ArticleEvery vote counts
We know this: if every person who supports Amendment 66 gets his or her ballot in by November 5, the initiative will pass — and Colorado’s kids will win. That means every vote counts. If you haven’t...
View ArticleFriday at midnight is your deadline to mail your ballot! After that …
If you mail your ballot by Friday, November 1 at midnight you can be certain your vote will be counted, so don’t delay! (If you have voted, let us know here). If you miss that deadline, though, you...
View ArticleSnow forecast for Tuesday … Don’t let that determine Colorado’s fate!
Either 25,000 at-risk kids will have a chance to go to preschool each year … or they won’t. Either schools will have significantly more resources to give students individual attention … or they won’t....
View ArticleDisappointed but Never Deterred
Like public school supporters around the state today, we are saddened and deeply disappointed that the voters of Colorado did not pass Amendment 66. Colorado has missed an historic opportunity to...
View ArticleTime for Action: Make Sure Education Gets its Fair Share
The legislature may not be in session yet, but it’s already budget season at the State Capitol. The good news is that Colorado’s budget is finally recovering from the Great Recession. But will the...
View ArticleToday is Colorado Gives Day! Support Great Education in Colorado
It’s Colorado Gives Day! What does that mean? Your tax-deductible support of Great Ed today is a gift that keeps on giving: 100% of your donation will go to Great Ed (no credit card fees). Great Ed...
View ArticleAmendment 66 – tell us why
Last month, the voters of Colorado defeated Amendment 66 in no uncertain terms. As an organization that believes Colorado has to do a better job of investing in our young people, Great Ed has a keen...
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We’ve fallen, but we CAN get up
Every year, just as a new legislative session opens, Education Week issues its annual Quality Counts state rankings on school funding. As usual, this year’s report has few surprises and little to...
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Survey Results: What We Learned about Amendment 66
About one month ago, Great Ed launched a survey to gain some insight into the underlying reasons for the defeat of Amendment 66. We received over 1200 responses and, while the sample was certainly not...
View ArticleIn memoriam, Vicki Mattox
With profound sadness, we must report the loss of our friend, colleague, and Board Chair, Vicki Mattox, last Saturday evening. Even as we mourn her death, we celebrate all that Vicki brought to this...
View ArticleCan Colorado Afford Better Schools?
This year, because of rebounding revenues, Colorado’s legislature has almost $1.4 billion more to spend than it did last year. You read that right. $1.4 billion. So, do you think Colorado can afford to...
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What is the ‘Negative Factor’?
Recently, the Denver Post reported on a movement among Colorado’s superintendents to ”seek a commitment from lawmakers to bolster basic funding by addressing the so-called “negative factor,” the...
View ArticleWill Colorado Keep Its Promise?
Back in 2000, Colorado voters made a promise to our kids. By passing Amendment 23, we told them that we would invest in their education — in their future — in good times and bad. Colorado hasn’t really...
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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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