Steel City Strike

Why these Colorado educators are prepared to strike: ‘Teachers are walking into classrooms that are not funded’
Colorado

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strike that

Colorado

2 days ago

This Colorado bill would ban teacher strikes and hit violators with fines and jail time

Day without a Teacher

Colorado

2 days ago

These Colorado school districts are canceling classes for teacher protests

Pushback

Colorado

April 20, 2018

National head of DFER after Colorado Democrats’ platform vote: ‘We’re not going anywhere’

contract details

Colorado

April 18, 2018

Antwan Wilson being paid up to $60,000 to consult for Denver Public Schools

Colorado General Assembly 2018

Still walking

Colorado

April 17, 2018

Colorado teachers plan more walkouts, and Jeffco canceled classes one day next week

The announcements come after hundreds of teachers marched at the Capitol Monday to protect their retirement benefits and call for more school funding.

priorities

Colorado

April 16, 2018

With school finance act, Colorado lawmakers try to pass the hot potato of teacher pay to local districts

The school finance act puts more money into K-12 education than Colorado has spent at any point since the Great Recession.

money talks

Colorado

April 16, 2018

Why Colorado teachers marched on the state Capitol

Chanting “Education is a right! That is why we have to fight!” and “Whose schools? Our schools!” several hundred teachers came to the Colorado State Capitol Monday.

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taking action

Colorado

April 19, 2018

Denver to dismiss students early as teachers rally for more school funding

Several charter schools also plan to dismiss students early.

pick a school

Colorado

April 19, 2018

Denver touts record participation in school choice process

More than 27,000 families submitted school choices, up 17 percent from last year.

exceptions to the rule

Colorado

April 19, 2018

The highs and lows of Colorado education are spotlighted in ‘The Outliers’

A new report from the Denver-based education reform advocacy group A Plus Colorado examines both exemplary and struggling districts.

How I Lead

Colorado

April 18, 2018

This Colorado principal believes in the power of positive phone calls to parents

A Colorado principal talks about what merits positive calls to parents, where she starts her day, and how she evaluates teachers.

Early Childhood

Starting early

Colorado

April 18, 2018

Colorado’s state preschool program doesn’t serve English learners well, report finds

Colorado’s public preschool program fails to meet most targets for effectively serving young English learners, according to a new state-by-state report released today.

Data dive

Colorado

April 3, 2018

7 things to know about how Colorado schools punish their youngest students

As educators debate harsh school discipline nationwide, here's a look at which Colorado districts are suspending young children at the highest rates.

try try again

Colorado

March 29, 2018

Will there be another legislative push to limit early childhood suspensions in Colorado? Not this year.

A year after a state bill to curb suspensions of young students died in the legislature, advocates have decided not to bring forward a new version.

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