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Colorado Commits to Kids Initiative on the way voters, thanks to you 9 Aug 2013 | 10:12 pm
As you may have seen on Facebook, TV or in the paper, the Colorado Commits to Kids Campaign submitted more than 160,000 signatures to the Secretary of State on Monday to place the Colorado Commits to ...
Great Education Colorado endorses Initiative #22: “Colorado Commits to Kids” 24 Jun 2013 | 10:32 pm
Great Ed is all in. We’re ready to gather signatures to put proposed Initiative #22 on the November 2013 statewide ballot and we’ll do everything we can to convince Colorado voters to pass it. Why? B...
To the Rescue 6 Jun 2013 | 11:35 pm
For those of us who are concerned about the impact poor education funding is having on our children and our state, last week was tough. When the Supreme Court put an end to the Lobato school funding ...
The Lobato Decision: Ending and Beginning 29 May 2013 | 05:42 am
This morning at a press conference, Taylor Lobato, the named plaintiff in the Lobato school funding lawsuit that sought to enforce the right of all Colorado students to a “thorough and uniform” educat...
The 2013 Colorado Legislative Session just ended. What happened and where do we go from here? 9 May 2013 | 05:58 am
Almost one year ago, Great Education Colorado and a couple dozen organizations set a goal for the General Assembly: make 2013 the Year of the Student. Today, the Year of the Student coaltion includes...
The House will vote TODAY on prioritizing students 30 Apr 2013 | 04:54 am
Over the past few weeks, the legislature has set its annual budget, determining how much to spend on all state programs for the 2013-14 year. (Click here to read our assessment of how students have f...
Mid-Term Assessments: Is the Legislature Making 2013 the “Year of the Student”? 15 Apr 2013 | 11:56 pm
Accountability matters in education — for students, educators, parents . . . and state leaders. Three months ago, the 2013: Year of the Student Project (now 168 Boards and organizations and 9,500+ i...
State Supreme Court hears Lobato Case arguments 15 Mar 2013 | 10:33 pm
The rights and interests of Colorado’s students are once again front and center, now that the historic Lobato v. State of Colorado lawsuit has reached the state’s highest court for the second time. O...
Lobato Update: Watch the Supreme Court argument 7 Mar 2013 | 05:57 pm
UPDATE: The State Supreme Court heard oral arguments for the historic Lobato v. the State of Colorado school funding trial on Thursday, March 7. You can learn more about the proceedings in stories fr...
What did (or didn’t) YOUR legislators say? 5 Mar 2013 | 11:54 pm
Just a few weeks ago, almost two hundred supporters of the Year of the Student Project flooded the Capitol to hand-deliver a message to legislators on behalf of over 8,500 individuals and 150 organiza...
