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With Mancos Secondary School Students #TTT Break The Pencil #RisingUpCO

Chalkbeat: State Board calls for testing cutbacks co.chalkbeat.org/2014/11/20/sta…

States Listen as Parents Give Rampant Testing an F nyti.ms/10O3kmh

@DianeRavitch What we wish Time Magazine would run as their cover story.

"The amount of testing, and the lack of time to prepare for the monumental shift this year is…" — Mark MacHale disq.us/8kqzma

US public schools are better than they've ever been vox.com/2014/10/13/696… via @voxdotcom

CDE report on districts fiscal health: bit.ly/1APpIsx Many cite negative factor as the cause of their problems. #edcolo

CO among top states for economic growth. 4th best since 2012.

Expect CO econ to grow for next 3 yrs - #COjuneforecast

.@AnthonyCody: Teacher Education Leaders Speak Out: Tim Slekar: Educators Must Be Advocates... bit.ly/1jWVugu #EWopinion #teacher

Protest at Harvard over commencement speaker at education school wapo.st/1n7pFRo via @washingtonpost

SB221, social studies testing cut, will be heard in House Ed Comm at 130p. #edcolo #coleg

Recapping 1298 changes passd 5-1 by conf comm: $110 neg factor reduction, 0 for full-day K, $27M ELL, $18M READ Act. #edcolo #coleg

“These are not just good times for the budget...They are the BEST times as far as flexibility for the GF budget...” Natalie Mullis 3/18/13

Restore School Funding to Help Our Children Succeed in the Future change.org/petitions/colo… via @Change

State superintendents meeting with Governor's office and Democrat leadership today. Should be interesting.

People angry with new @JeffcoSchoolsCo Board take over meeting on Supt. Stevenson resignation Adjourned early @9NEWS

@ToddEngdahl @ChalkbeatCO @CO_JBC Excellent news! Now we need to look at how the neg. factor has impacted 175 other districts.

6-0 vote by @CO_JBC supports full aid to DeBeque, Meeker, Pawnee, but lotta details to be worked out. #edcolo #coleg #cobudget