Feb 13, 2024 | 2024 Research, Education, Press Releases, Recent Research, Research
By 2031, 73% of Colorado’s jobs will require at least some postsecondary education, and currently 70.7% of Colorado adults currently qualify.[i] That number includes imported talent—people who attain higher education elsewhere and move to Colorado. At present, only 66.5% of the state’s adult population born in Colorado meets that standard—over 79,000 people short of 73%.
Oct 12, 2023 | 2023 Research, Education, Featured Research, Recent Research, Research, Taxes & Fees
Proposition HH provides billions of dollars to education yet is not accompanied by guidelines, guardrails or metrics related to student performance.
Oct 3, 2023 | 2023 Research, Colorado Springs, Education, Featured Research, Recent Research, Research
There must be an emphasis on improving both school quality and access across all districts since they represent such variety.
Feb 15, 2023 | 2023 Podcasts, Podcast
The state of Colorado reimbursed $62 million to K–12 school districts for transportation costs last school year. This was just 21% of the $290 million it cost districts to get students to and from school.
Oct 21, 2021 | 2021 Podcasts, Podcast
On this episode of Common Sense Digest, Host and Chairman of Common Sense Institute Earl Wright welcomes Michael Johnston and Doug Robinson to discuss Proposition 119, the measure’s origin, its need, and how it would function.