Author: Amie BacaOehlert
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Localities need tools to house educators, essential workers | OPINION
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Amie Baca-Oehlert Carmen Medrano We all know our public schools and public-school educators play an important role in our communities. But public schools across the state are suffering because so many teachers and support staff can’t find an affordable place to live for themselves and their families. The average teacher in Eagle County takes home…
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Give teachers a voice — through collective bargaining
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Amie Baca-Oehlert Educators believe that every public school should be a place with exceptional teaching and learning – whether it’s in a small town, the suburbs or a big city. Coloradans want all of our students to thrive and succeed, and public school educators are actually the experts on how to make that happen. The problem…
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OPINION | Legislature made major strides for Colorado’s public schools
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Amie Baca-Oehlert The Colorado Education Association (CEA) began the 2019 legislative session by laying out three key priorities: funding classrooms, not corporations; enacting policies like the teacher evaluation bill that are student-centered and led by educators, and addressing the growing teacher shortage by retaining and attracting quality educators. As the Rolling Stones sing, you can’t always…
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BETTER SCHOOLS: AMIE BACA-OEHLERT | Let’s put classrooms above corporations
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Amie Baca-Oehlert Editor’s note: Colorado Politics presents “Which way to better Colorado schools?” We’re offering seven perspectives on upgrading education in the state. As the Colorado legislature returns to start another session, there are many issues facing Colorado, but as the last year has shown, there are none so important as education. The Colorado Education…
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PRO | Colorado’s educators support Amendment 73. Here’s why
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There is only one job that is better than being an educator – being the new president of the Colorado Education Association, representing 35,000 educators in Colorado. As the new CEA president, this is an exciting time to be taking the helm with Amendment 73, pro-public education candidates at every level and an aggressive legislative…
