2013: year of the student project presentation
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The 2013: Year of the Student Project is a growing coalition of individuals and organizations calling on the General Assembly to make 2013 "The Year of the Student," using the legislative session to create and find funding for a P-20 education finance system that matches reforms, mandates and accountability measures with the resources necessary to ensure that every student is successful. Learn more at 2013forstudents.org.TRANSCRIPT
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Making 2013The Year of the Student
Fall 2012
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When you walk away today, remember these three
things:• Colorado, we’ve got a problem. • It’s a problem that can be fixed.• It’ll be fixed when we demand
that it be fixed.
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Colorado, we have a problem.
Stats and Facts• $1,809 less per pupil than nat’l ave.• Bottom quintile in:
• Student-teacher ratios• Technology• Support for teaching profession (to
comparable jobs)• Achievement gaps
• CO ranks 36th on funding among the 39 states that offer public preschool programs
• 49th in state & local support for higher ed• Gained 9,000 students, lost 500 teachers
from 09-10 to 10-11
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Colorado, we have a problem.
Stories• Increasing fees & supply lists• Reduction in graduation
requirements and coursework
• Overcrowded classes• Too few/outdated textbooks,
old technology• Rising tuition and student
fees
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Colorado, we have a problem.
Graphs
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Colorado, we have a problem.
The numbers behind the cuts:
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1991-2011Colorado dropped
from 35th to 49th in state & local per
capita support of higher ed.
That’s a drop from 87% of national
average to 55%. ←
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That’s how we got to the “Colorado Conversation”
• We’re talking about how to hurt kids the least, rather than how to help them the most.
• Pits kids against kids – preschool vs. K-12 vs. higher ed, at-risk vs. special ed.
• But it’s an easy, comfortable status quo.
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Colorado, we have a problem.
WHO CARES?
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Who Cares? • We do.• Parents.• Grandparents.• Students.• Educators.• Faith Leaders.• Businesspeople.• Community Leaders.
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That’s several hundred thousand Coloradoans.
. .who haven’t had a way
to take action together.
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Next Question:
Who can fix it?
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Who can fix it?• State leaders.
• Even though they say they can’t.
• They’ve got options • But they won’t fix it, until there’s demand & support.
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Last Question:
Who will demand action?
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Who Will Demand that State Leaders
Act?• We will. • All those Parents, Grandparents, Students, Educators, Businesspeople, and Faith & Civic Leaders
• We will empower, encourage, and enable action.
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We can create the will to fix it.
“2013: The Year of the Student”• Demand action in 2013 -
together• Strengthen the resolve of
leaders who care• Build the army to ensure
action
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2013: Year of the Student
Press ConferenceJune 13, 2012
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2013: Year of the Student
100+ organizations & boards have signed on:
• School and college boards• Parents, teachers, students and seniors
• Rural, urban, suburban• Special education, gifted• Businesses• Faith community• Higher education
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Ways to Get Involved
Sign the call to action
Help us Grow the
YOS Partner list
Carry a call to action and encourage
others
Schedule a presentation
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2013forstudents.org
• Check out hard-copy “Call to Action” packets
• Print an “Inform & Ask your candidate” Sheet
• Use the “Tell-a-friend” tool to grow the Project
• Sign-up your group!• Check out the latest
news
What is the 2013: Year of the Student Project?
Sign the “Call to Action” Online!
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We Can Do This.
If not us, who?If not now,
when?