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Improving special education: Denver task force suggests more screening, less segregation
Colorado

1 hour ago

New scrutiny

Colorado

March 14, 2019

Concerned about reading instruction, state cracks down on teacher prep programs, starting with Colorado’s largest

Virtual learning

Colorado

March 15, 2019

Students at some Colorado online schools move around a lot. A bill to track them better advances.

where are they now

Colorado

March 15, 2019

There’s been lots of action on Colorado education legislation. Here’s a progress report.

survey says

Colorado

March 14, 2019

We asked, they answered: Teachers weigh in on how they learned to teach reading

Denver teacher strike

Reduction in force

Colorado

March 1, 2019

Denver central office cuts will involve ‘real elimination of services,’ Cordova says

One big change involves the supervisory structure for principals.

First Person

Colorado

March 1, 2019

The Denver strike was my school’s best team-building activity of the year. Our return didn’t go as well.

The strike gave us a chance to get to know each other, to find out how things are going across grade levels and content areas, to sympathize and empathize.

higher and higher

Colorado

Updated March 6, 2019

Three-quarters of Denver teachers went out on strike, new data shows. Look up your school here.

A district spokesperson explained that the district’s day-of count was based on information from school principals, some of whom may have been delayed in reporting.

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Discipline reform

Colorado

March 14, 2019

Limit on expulsions and suspensions of young Colorado students clears first legislative hurdle

An effort to limit school suspensions and expulsions for Colorado’s youngest students took its first step to becoming law Thursday.

new plan

Colorado

March 14, 2019

Can Mapleton help manage troubled Adams 14 district? State board hesitates.

The State Board of Education took a vote Thursday to delay the selection of an EMO, or external manager, for Adams 14, asking the district to talk to Mapleton.

springboard

Colorado

March 14, 2019

Denver’s Allen Smith named a ‘future chief’ by national education leadership group

The "future chiefs" program is considered a springboard that helps push school administrators into top jobs.

reductions and additions

Colorado

March 13, 2019

Inside the reorganization of the Denver school district’s central office

Information obtained through an open records request shows the full breadth of the reorganization thus far.

Early Childhood

Top Tier

Colorado

February 26, 2019

It’s good to be a baby in Colorado, new report shows

Colorado received top marks in a new state-by-state report on the best and worst places to be a baby or toddler.

early childhood discipline

Colorado

February 21, 2019

New Colorado bill aims to keep young students in school — even after they misbehave

Colorado lawmakers have proposed legislation to limit suspensions of young children — the latest push in a four-year effort to pass early childhood discipline reform.

Planning mode

Colorado

February 14, 2019

As lawmakers consider major preschool expansion, Colorado providers want more than just extra seats

With Gov. Jared Polis’ plan to expand Colorado’s state-funded preschool program, many early childhood educators are hoping for more flexibility along with new slots.

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money matters

National

14 hours ago

Achievement First charter network, still receiving Sackler money, joins nonprofits weighing opioid-linked donations

Newly public documents detailing the Sacklers’ involvement have increased pressure on nonprofits that have benefitted from the family’s largesse.

disunion

Indiana

6 hours ago

Challengers withdraw petition to replace the IPS teachers union but pledge to try again

In the coming months, the upstart group plans to hold a listening tour around the district.

new numbers

New York

5 hours ago

As admissions controversy roils, data shows New York City’s specialized high schools continue to accept few black and Hispanic students

As New York City is engulfed in a debate over efforts to better integrate the city’s specialized high schools, the elite schools remain…