Author: Hanna Skandera
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GUEST OPINION: Generosity has defined Colorado for 150 years
What does it look like when a state takes care of its own? It looks like neighbors opening their homes to families displaced by wildfire. Volunteers standing shoulder to shoulder, offering food, clothing, and hope to people they have never met. It looks quieter too – a mentor showing up week after week, a coach teaching resilience,…
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GUEST COLUMN: National School Choice Week is something to celebrate
Great schools change lives. School choice puts families in the driver’s seat. As our nation marks National School Choice Week, America has real momentum to celebrate. What once started as a set of policy reforms has become something more lasting: an expectation. Families increasingly believe they can and must have meaningful options for their children’s…
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GUEST OPINION: Level the playing field for every child
It starts with a whistle, a bouncing ball or the crunch of cleats on grass. For kids across Colorado, sports are often their first taste of teamwork, discipline and joy. But for far too many families, those sounds are out of reach — not because of a lack of talent or desire but because of…
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Aurora’s new approach to homelessness: Invest in the individual
Homelessness is a growing and urgent issue across the country, with more than 650,000 Americans experiencing homelessness on any night. Chronic homelessness has reached unprecedented levels, and Colorado is no exception. Current responses to this challenge focus almost singularly — and myopically — on simply housing the unhoused. This approach is expensive, slow, and hard…