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HB 1098 represents a net opportunity gain for Colorado. It will help increase the number of students, especially from low-income and minority backgrounds, who complete high school and enroll in college.

Colorado should help districts create a culture in the schools in which all students believe they can succeed by increasing the number of counselors, ensuring the student-to-counselor ratios are lowest in the schools that serve the most low-income kids, and encouraging greater use of and coordination with pre-collegiate programs throughout the state.

A Point & Counterpoint in the Rocky Mountain News analyzing the Bell Policy Center's Education White Papers, which look at college accessibility and affordability.

A Boulder Daily Camera commentary lamenting the poor state of high school counseling in Colorado, where the student-to-counselor ratio is high and some minority and low-income students are discouraged from going to college by their counselors.

A Boulder Daily Camera commentary on the high number of Coloradans who need remedial classes in college or don't get the opportunity to go to college at all.