Tag: teacher pay
Dear Gov.-Elect Polis: Here’s what Colorado educators want you to know...
We asked Colorado educators to tell us what they want Gov.-Elect Jared Polis to know about their jobs, their schools, and their students as...
Amendment 73: Understanding the tax increase for education on your Colorado...
Colorado voters face an important education decision this November: whether to approve a major statewide tax increase for schools. This request represents the third...
In Colorado’s high-poverty schools, many teachers are just starting their careers
This story is part of a partnership between Chalkbeat and the nonprofit investigative news organization ProPublica. Using federal data from Miseducation, an interactive database built by...
An initiative that helps teachers buy a home is expanding to...
Carissa Travis is an early bird. She’s usually at school by 6 a.m., two hours before her second-graders arrive, because she does her best...
A $1.6 billion tax increase for Colorado education just got a...
Supporters of more funding for Colorado schools turned in more than 170,000 signatures Wednesday to place a $1.6 billion tax measure on the November...
Colorado 2018 election: Where Jared Polis and Walker Stapleton stand on...
What do the candidates for governor of Colorado think about school funding and school choice? How would they address the achievement gap? And what...
Colorado was never ranked 46th for teacher pay. Does this change...
As a rallying cry, “We’re 30th in the nation for teacher pay!” doesn’t quite inspire outrage.
But that is, in fact, where Colorado ranked...
The rally has begun. More schools close their doors tomorrow as...
Teachers dressed in red shirts circled the state Capitol this afternoon, demanding more money for K-12 education and a secure retirement pension. This was...
Colorado teachers plan more walkouts, and Jeffco canceled classes one day...
Teachers from Colorado’s two largest school districts are planning back-to-back walkouts next week to call for more funding for education – and they could...
With school finance act, CO lawmakers try to pass off teacher...
A school finance act that puts more money into K-12 education than Colorado has spent at any point since the Great Recession passed a...