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Jeffco launches universal enrollment site to make school choice easy
Colorado

2 days ago

School choice

Colorado

2 days ago

Denver judge blocks school transportation provision added to Colorado law

farewell

Colorado

2 days ago

Head of Denver Preschool Program resigning after more than five years

Meet Reggio Emilia

Colorado

3 days ago

Power to the kids: A preschool approach imported from Italy comes to public schools in Denver

negotiations

Colorado

3 days ago

The Denver district has offered to raise teacher pay. Will it be enough to avert a strike?

Colorado Votes 2018

dispatches

Colorado

December 4, 2018

Dear Governor: Here’s what Colorado educators want Jared Polis to know about their schools

More than 100 teachers responded to our request to tell the governor-elect about their schools, with many urging him to visit in person.

to and through college

Colorado

November 21, 2018

8 questions for Denver Scholarship Foundation chief, after voters pass tax to benefit students

"That’s how we come together as a community to grow our own talent and build our own future."

Changing fortune

Colorado

November 15, 2018

Late votes deliver a narrow win for Jeffco school bond measure

The $567 million bond request will allow Jeffco Public Schools to improve its buildings.

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Measure of Success

Colorado

December 12, 2018

State ratings identify 163 Colorado schools in need of improvement

The vast majority of students in Colorado attend a school with one of the two higher rankings.

Super Search

Colorado

December 12, 2018

The pressing question at Denver’s final forum: How will Susana Cordova tackle inequity?

“I want to know what your plan is to get that gap in order,” one student said.

on the move

Colorado

December 11, 2018

Lack of transportation, conflicting deadlines put school choice out of reach for some, study finds

More Colorado students use school choice to opt into traditional district-run schools than use it to attend charter schools.

Movers and shakers

Colorado

December 10, 2018

These Colorado lawmakers will shape education policy in 2019

The incoming chairs of the education committees in the state House and Senate are both former teachers.

Early Childhood

Preschool expansion

Colorado

December 6, 2018

Could a new universal preschool program in a Colorado resort community help propel a statewide effort?

Colorado's Summit County will soon offer preschool assistance to all 4-year-olds, using proceeds from a new property tax approved by voters in November.

farewell

Colorado

November 20, 2018

A fixture in Colorado’s early childhood scene prepares to step back – but not all the way

The longtime leader Clayton Early Learning in Denver reflects on the toughest decision she ever made, lagging early childhood investments, and Colorado's new governor.

sunset

Colorado

November 15, 2018

Victim of its own success: Qualistar, pioneer in rating Colorado child care, to close

Qualistar Colorado, a well-known nonprofit that created the first rating system preschools and child care centers in the state, will close at the end of 2018.

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School discipline

Tennessee

2 days ago

Even as suspensions fall, Memphis students are being kicked out of school longer, data shows

In one extreme example, a single high school issued one expulsion for every six students.

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New York

2 days ago

New York City will close another round of schools in de Blasio’s Renewal turnaround program

The education department is planning to close fewer than last year, the largest single round of Renewal closures to date, when seven schools were ultimately shuttered.

high-stress testing

National

December 13, 2018

How the stress of state testing might make it harder for some students to show what they know

In one New Orleans charter network saw modest spikes in cortisol, a hormone caused by stress, leading up to state exams.

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