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Common Sense Institute names Kelly Caufield as its new Colorado leader
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The Common Sense Institute tapped Kelly Caufield on Friday as executive director of the research organization’s Colorado branch. Denver-based Caufield will take the reins in Colorado as Kristin Strohm, the organization’s president and CEO, focuses on expanding the Common Sense Institute nationwide. Currently, the Common Sense Institute operates in Colorado and Arizona, with plans to…
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NOONAN | To Amendment 73’s foes, below average is good enough for our schools
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The Blank Check, Blatant Deception committee against Amendment 73, led by Luke Ragland of Ready Colorado, argues that this fall’s ballot initiative to increase public school funding will “devastate Colorado’s economy.” According to this theory, catastrophe will occur if Colorado’s voters decide to raise $1.6 billion annually for public schools that have been underfunded from…
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Colorado’s next governor must help bridge the skills gap — with better schools
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The skills gap. It’s a ubiquitous issue among Colorado employers. As a CEO myself, I have yet to meet one of my peers whose number one challenge isn’t workforce development and the talent pipeline. In a state with around 3 percent unemployment, it can seem nearly impossible to recruit and retain employees. These challenges are…
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Gov. candidates talk education plans at Denver Chamber forum
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What would Colorado be like if its public schools were the best in the nation? That’s a question posed in a new survey from Colorado Succeeds and the Common Sense Policy Roundtable, with results unveiled Tuesday in a forum at the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce. That question, and how they would move Colorado in…
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Colorado business groups to tell candidates the economic value of education
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Candidates for governor are expected to hear the results of a new economic study Tuesday at the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce. The name of the report lays out the stakes: “What if Colorado Schools Were #1? A Business Guide for Colorado’s Next Governor.” The learning experience is the work of Colorado Succeeds, the Common…
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State Sen. Rachel Zenzinger awarded fellowship to boost STEM education programs
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A multistate organization that advocates for STEM education programs in public schools has chosen state Sen. Rachel Zenzinger, D-Arvada, as a policy fellow for 2018. Zenzinger, a substitute teacher when she isn’t legislating, is one of six officials selected from among the 21 states that participate in the STEMx network, which aims to “transform education”…
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Colorado Business Roundtable names Joe Rice to its ’Inner Circle’
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Joe Rice, the director of government relations for Lockheed Martin Space Systems, is the latest addition to the Colorado Business Roundtable’s Inner Circle, a group including some of the state’s leading business authorities. Rice, a former Democratic state representative and former mayor of Glendale, is a colonel in the Army Reserve with five combat tours…
