Half of Colorado’s teachers have been attacked by a student, but the state union still refuses to advocate for stronger discipline.
In its 2025-26 State of Education report, the Colorado Education Association (CEA) said half of surveyed teachers had been “physically injured by a student,” with 74% of educators also “witnessing or experiencing a student attempt to injure an adult.”
Ali DiCaro, a special education teacher, was once bitten by a kindergartener but has seen her colleagues suffer far worse.
“I’ve seen my peers get hurt. I’ve also seen many paraprofessionals I work with be injured. I had a paraprofessional who was hit in the head and was out for 24 months,” she told local media.
While school violence has always been a problem, it’s gotten decidedly worse since the pandemic.
