Issue Position: K-12 Education

Issue Position

Providing high-quality public education to all citizens regardless of what town or city you live in should be one of the basic goals of our state.

Education is both the foundation of active citizenship and economic success later in life. Unfortunately Colorado ranks near the bottom of all 50 states in terms of per-student investment in K-12 education. I support increased funding to K-12 education that so that students can benefit from up-to-date books and other instructional materials and so that schools can hire enough teachers to keep class sizes reasonable. Setting goals for both teachers and students is important but measuring progress toward those goals with excessive standardized testing that takes time away from teaching and learning is the wrong approach.

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