Conservatives leading the charge for better schools in Colorado

We are an organization of conservatives working together to improve education in Colorado.

The touchstone of our education system should be choice; no one system of schooling should have a monopoly over opportunity.  Parents should have the ability to send their kids to the school that will help their children thrive, regardless of type—public, private, charter, traditional, magnet, virtual, or home school.

ReadyCO believes that the education system needs to focus more attention on the needs of students and families; and less on the needs of the system itself.  Schools, districts, and the state should be more accountable to parents and taxpayers.

Meet Luke

Luke Ragland

President

Luke is the President of ReadyCO. Prior to joining ReadyCO, he served as Vice President of Policy at Colorado Succeeds, a coalition of business leaders focused on improving the state’s education system. Luke led the organization’s legislative, judicial, and policy strategies. He played a key role in developing and passing policies that increased school choice, protected taxpayer accountability, and defended tenure reforms.

Previously, Luke practiced complex commercial litigation at a law firm in Denver. He also spent time working in the White House, where he authored political briefs for President Bush and other cabinet-level officials. Luke coordinated political and official events for the President to help elect Republican candidates across the country

He received his undergraduate degree from Colorado State University in Political Science and studied law at the University of Colorado Law School. In 2016, the Commissioner of Education appointed Luke to serve on the board of the Colorado Charter School Institute, a statewide charter school authorizer.

Luke is a fourth-generation Coloradan who grew up working for his family’s logging company in rural southwestern Colorado. He currently lives in Denver with his wife and daughter.

Meet Tyler

Tyler Sandberg

Vice President

Tyler Sandberg is the co-founder and Vice President of Ready Colorado. He co-founded Ready Colorado with former Senate Minority Leader Josh Penry in 2015, and ran Ready’s political efforts as a consultant from 2015 to 2018, before joining Ready full time in 2019. 
 
Prior to Ready Colorado, Tyler was a Senior Project Manager at EIS Solutions, where he managed political efforts for corporate, non-profit and candidate clients. He ran Congressman Mike Coffman’s reelection campaigns in 2018 and 2014, and was recognized by Roll Call in 2014 for running one of the best campaigns in the country. In 2015, Tyler served as Congressman Coffman’s Deputy Chief of Staff, running his Washington, D.C. office.
 
Before moving to Colorado in 2010, Tyler worked on elections in Malaysia, East Timor, and India – supporting political party development efforts in Malaysia and East Timor, and covering the parliamentary elections in Kashmir, India as a freelance reporter.
 
Tyler lives with his wife Kelsie and dogs Gili and River in Aurora, CO.