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Colorado teacher walkouts

meet the new boss

Colorado
August 3, 2018

New Colorado teachers union chief: Spring walkouts raised public awareness of school needs

Amie Baca-Oehlert, a school counselor from the Adams 12 district north of Denver, recently took the helm of the 35,000-member Colorado Education Association.

What 'underfunded' means

Colorado
April 26, 2018

What you need to know to follow the money debate behind the teacher walkouts

What do people mean when they say Colorado schools are underfunded?

Why Colorado's different

Colorado
April 26, 2018

Colorado teachers rallying at the Capitol will need voters’ help to make a big change

This is an unprecedented show of force that takes two-thirds of the state’s K-12 students out of school for a day.