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State board forces Aurora district to reopen shuttered HOPE Online center
Colorado

September 12, 2019

Event

Colorado

September 12, 2019

Chalkbeat listening tour: Parents, what do you want to know about school choice?

opting out

Colorado

September 11, 2019

In record year for measles, 24,000 Colorado students are back in school with exemptions from shots

election 2019

Colorado

September 11, 2019

Late entrant into Denver school board race motivated by her experience as an English learner

Election 2020

Colorado

September 11, 2019

Educator running to represent western suburbs on the State Board of Education

Student & School Performance

en español

Colorado

September 10, 2019

Lo que los padres de Colorado deben saber cuando reciban — y traten de descifrar — los resultados de CMAS

Aquí hemos juntado varias respuestas a algunas preguntas para ayudarte a mejor entender estos reportes, incluso que es lo que los distritos están requeridos a compartir.

need to know

Colorado

September 4, 2019

Test scores, vaccination rates, AC and more: 10 back-to-school stories with news you can use

Look up school-by-school test results, graduation rates, and vaccination rates. Plus, answers to your questions about full-day kindergarten, CMAS scores, and more.

cyberattack

Colorado

August 29, 2019

Pearson data breach revives concerns about student privacy in Colorado

It's not clear how many Colorado school districts were affected by the Pearson data breach. The personal risk to students appears modest.

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data dead end

Colorado

September 10, 2019

How are Colorado’s kindergarteners doing? With hidden data, it’s hard to tell.

Some advocates, philanthropists, and policy-makers say there's too little data about how Colorado kindergarteners are doing to drive smart early childhood investments.

Knock knock

Colorado

September 10, 2019

Inside Students for Education Reform, a big and divisive player in the Denver school board election

The group has a sophisticated ground game and deep pockets.

High achievers

Colorado

September 9, 2019

Colorado names seven finalists for 2020 Teacher of the Year

Seven teachers including one from Denver and two from School District 49 are finalists for Colorado Teacher of the Year 2020.

We're listening

Colorado

September 6, 2019

These are the Colorado education stories we plan to cover this year — and how you can help

Just as teachers and students set new goals each fall, we also take this opportunity to re-examine our priorities.

Early Childhood

Extracurriculars

Colorado

September 6, 2019

Principal, dean deliver teacher’s baby — at school

A new school year always means new beginnings, but one Denver middle school community took that more literally than most.

More seats

Colorado

August 7, 2019

This California startup thinks it can help stem Colorado’s child care shortage

A California-based company recently expanded to Colorado with the goal of minting new home-based child care providers in the Denver area.

inclusive education

Colorado

July 30, 2019

This Colorado preschool’s new gym could be a model for serving students with special needs

Bal Swan Children's Center's new gym is on the cusp of a growing trend for more inclusive physical education.

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Want better readers? Spend less time teaching kids to find the main idea, ‘Knowledge Gap’ author Natalie Wexler argues

Kids from less educated families rely on school to gain lots of specific knowledge. Their schools, worried about reading test scores, are least likely to give it to them.

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New York

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Has the ‘culture war’ come for NYC schools? What you should know about that contentious Atlantic essay

Some close observers of the city’s schools have struggled to recognize the school system Packer is describing.

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Tennessee

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Tennessee hits record-high graduation rate in 2019. Find how your school did.

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