ICYMI: Thousands of Colorado teachers demonstrated at the state Capitol for better wages and greater support for public education last week. As a former Superintendent, here are some of my thoughts on the rallies. 
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A few important stats: Colorado teachers are now earning less than they did 15 years ago, when compared to inflation. The gap between what a college graduate makes as a teacher and what she could make in another profession in our state is the largest in the country.
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Shrinking state budgets have increased class sizes, reduced vital support for students like mental health services & special education, and sometimes slashed school weeks to 4 days. We cannot allow mindless budget shortfalls to force wrongheaded changes to our kids' education.
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Coloradans want to take the long view and invest in our state’s future. To do this, we cannot neglect our schools. As a first step, we must find some way to prune the fiscal underbrush that threatens so deeply our investments in the future. Our children deserve better.
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The Colorado teacher walkouts are part of a growing movement around the country. Read more on why it's so important that we listen to our teachers:https://www.denverpost.com/2018/04/26/listening-to-our-teachers/ …
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Why is the per pupil funding for education the highest ever but teachers are getting less? Could it be the system is broken? Why should we give more money to a broken system (dept of education) run by politicians like you?
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.....and we need to listen to the Parkland students right Mike? All entitled to their opinions but few, if any, have substantive ideas that can be practically implemented within our laws & Constitution.....yet somehow you libs declare their”rhetoric” as data based & objective
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