Television Coverage
“Schools across Colorado propose major cutbacks”
9News KUSA TV (NBC Denver affiliate)
During a May 2008 interview with 9News, Adams 12 Five Star Schools Superintendent Mike Paskewicz repeated one of our key messages, saying that tax reform is crucial by 2011 because of the perfect storm that’s brewing with Referendum C, Amendment 23 and TABOR.
http://www.9news.com/news/article.aspx?storyid=91286
News Articles
“The right incentives: Lawmakers want to push activists away from amendments”
Editorial
May 9, 2008
Rocky Mountain News
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/may/09/the-right-incentives
“Raising the initiative bar”
By Tim Hoover
May 7, 2008
The Denver Post
http://www.denverpost.com/search/ci_%3Ca%20class='srNewsTitleLink'%20href='http://www.denverpost.com/ci_9174515
“Constitutional conundrum”
A DU panel will release its report this week on how Colorado’s cumbersome governing document might be made more manageable.
By Chris Barge
Jan. 2, 2008
Rocky Mountain News
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/jan/02/constitutional-conundrum
“Another try to fix budget laws”
Sen. Bernie Buescher will take a stab at Colorado's constitutional conundrum
By John Ingold
Jan. 1, 2008
The Denver Post
http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_7859089
“Report: Colorado lagging in public funding”
By Bob Mook
June 20, 2007
The Denver Business Journal
http://denver.bizjournals.com/denver/stories/2007/06/18/daily43.html
“21st century skills”
By Beverly Ingle, President, Colorado Education Association
May 10, 2007
The Denver Post
http://www.denverpost.com/opinion/ci_5868241?source=email
“Looking beyond Referendum C”
By Wade Buchanan, President, The Bell Policy Center
April 7, 2007
The Denver Post
www.denverpost.com/guestcommentary/ci_5603959
“Higher ed solution: overhaul constitution”
Editorial, The Denver Post
June 17, 2007
http://www.denverpost.com/opinionheadlines/ci_6144280
“Catch-22 impedes constitutional reform”
By Bob Ewegen, Columnist, The Denver Post
June 16, 2007
http://www.denverpost.com/search/ci_6151574
Reports
Education Week, Quality Counts 2008
January 2008
CSFP Synopsis
http://www.cosfp.org/HomeFiles/OnePagers/QualityCounts2008.pdf
Blue Ribbon Commission for Health Care Reform
January 2008
Final Report to the Colorado General Assembly
http://www.colorado.gov/cs/Satellite?c=Page&childpagename=BlueRibbon%2FRIBBLayout&cid=1201542097631&p=1201542097631&pagename=RIBBWrapper
A Report to Colorado
January 2008
Colorado Transportation Finance and Implementation Panel
http://www.colorado.gov/cs/Satellite?c=Page&cid=1185266445450&pagename=GovRitter%2FGOVRLayout
Looking Forward: Colorado’s Fiscal Prospects after Ref C
December 2007
Colorado Fiscal Policy Institute
Bell Policy Center
Colorado Children's Campaign
http://www.thebell.org/media/archive2007.php
Foundation of a Great State: The Future of Colorado’s Constitution
2007 DU Strategic Issues Panel
http://www.du.edu/issues/reports/2007SIPReport.pdf
Blueprint for Opportunity
2006
The Bell Policy Center
www.thebell.org/PUBS/annual/2006/guide.php
The Whole Child: Healthy, Safe, Engaged, Supported, Challenged
Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD)
http://www.wholechildeducation.org
Web Sites
Colorado School Finance Project
www.cosfp.org
Great Education Colorado
www.greateducation.org