Movers and shakers

Former Denver schools superintendent Tom Boasberg lands a new gig
Colorado

5 hours ago

Super Search

Colorado

1 day ago

Denver superintendent search nearing end with one local name getting support — and calls for multiple finalists

Enrichment gap

Colorado

1 day ago

Here’s which Denver students lose out on summer enrichment

#WontBeErased

Colorado

November 16, 2018

Denver school board pledges to make sure LGBTQ students are ‘seen, accepted, and celebrated’

grand bargain

Colorado

November 16, 2018

Colorado lawmakers think they can still find a school finance fix that eluded them for two years

Colorado Votes 2018

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.

Take our survey

Colorado

November 9, 2018

Educators: What should the next governor of Colorado know about your school?

Tell Jared Polis what you think his education priorities should be.

Still counting

Colorado

November 8, 2018

Jeffco bond measure that had been failing pulls ahead in narrow race

Update: Over the weekend, the bond measure pulled ahead and is currently headed toward passage, with 50.3 percent of the vote. We’ll continue to update…

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farewell

Colorado

3 hours ago

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.

carry on

Colorado

November 16, 2018

These 16 Denver charter schools won renewal from the school board

The lengths of the renewals varied from one year to five years.

Mapping a Turnaround

Colorado

November 15, 2018

This is what the State Board of Education hopes to order Adams 14 to do

The state board asked the Attorney General’s office for advice and help in drafting a final order detailing how the district is to cede authority, and in what areas.

external control

Colorado

November 15, 2018

State asks Pueblo to turn over more management of two struggling schools to outside group

Pueblo district officials a day earlier presented a proposal for external management, and were receptive to concerns from the state board.

Early Childhood

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.

We'll come to you

Colorado

November 12, 2018

They started as an experiment in rural areas. Now, mobile preschools are rolling into metro Denver.

Advocates say mobile preschools represent a valuable school readiness initiative for young children cut off from traditional early education experiences.

Launch pad

Colorado

October 11, 2018

In a tough business, startups vie to become the Uber and Lyft of child care

A growing cadre of companies aim to attract thousands of home-based child care providers to a notoriously tough field by making the job easier and more lucrative.

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cry for help

Chicago

4 hours ago

View from the child care trenches: ‘Those of us cleaning the poop are not making it’

Escalating costs, tougher rules and a critical shortage of qualified staffer endanger the survival of infant centers, day care programs, and community-based preschools.

New York

1 day ago

Politically progressive charter advocates search for new strategy in wake of New York’s blue wave

In the wake of this sea change, what charter-school advocacy will look like is an open question. Little hope exists that state politicians will raise the controversial charter cap — even as only eight slots for new city schools remain.

it's official

Tennessee

8 hours ago

Memphis schools chief Dorsey Hopson calls his work ‘a remarkable journey,’ but seeks new career at health care giant

Prior to his departure, the school board expects to name an interim before the district breaks for the winter holidays, giving the panel time to seek a permanent replacement, said board chair Shante Avant.

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