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election 2019

One of four candidates drops out of southeast Denver school board race
Colorado
July 19, 2019

election 2019

Colorado
Updated July 19, 2019

Education reform group endorses candidates in Denver school board races


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election 2019

Colorado
July 16, 2019

Denver teachers union endorses three candidates for school board

Keeping up

Colorado
July 15, 2019

More than a third of Colorado high school graduates need extra help to do college work

Air pollution awareness

Colorado
July 12, 2019

Will a new program monitoring air quality at Denver schools make a difference for students?

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Colorado General Assembly 2019

Redistribution

Colorado
June 26, 2019

Colorado lawmakers are trying again to unravel a complicated school finance knot

If the bipartisan Legislative Interim Committee on School Finance is successful, it could change how Colorado distributes money to its schools.

it's official

Colorado
May 21, 2019

Polis signs full-day kindergarten bill into law

Fulfilling a key campaign promise, Gov. Jared Polis signed into law a bill funding full-day kindergarten to much pomp at a ceremony at Stedman Elementary in Denver.

Analysis

Colorado
May 5, 2019

Colorado lawmakers made big investments in public education — but few major policy changes

A largely bipartisan consensus on education policy developed over the last decade remains intact at the end of the 2019 Colorado General Assembly.

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root causes

Colorado
July 12, 2019

How Colorado lawmakers are trying to make schools safer

Colorado’s school safety landscape looks like a patchwork quilt of practices and resources. This lack of consistency will be a major focus of a school safety committee.

Air pollution awareness

Colorado
July 12, 2019

Many Denver schools with high asthma rates aren’t participating in a new air quality monitoring program

One goal of this program is to help school nurses identify asthma triggers and then develop individual health plans for students who have the chronic breathing condition.

election 2019

Colorado
July 8, 2019

Departing Denver school board member endorses candidate Tony Curcio

Lisa Flores has been part of a board majority that largely supported so-called education reform efforts.

living history

Colorado
July 3, 2019

Tell us about your experience with busing in Denver schools

The Denver district used busing to create integrated schools under a court-ordered desegregation plan from 1974 to 1995.

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lever for change

Colorado
July 3, 2019

Colorado built a system to measure child care quality. Now, it wants more providers to climb the ratings ladder.

Four years after Colorado launched a rating system for child care and preschool programs, a quarter of providers are considered high-quality.

Young learners

Colorado
June 21, 2019

Many eligible families don’t use the Denver Preschool Program. The new CEO wants to change that.

As the new president and CEO of the Denver Preschool Program, Elsa Holguín wants to reach more families who are eligible for preschool tuition assistance.

early intervention

Colorado
June 14, 2019

There’s an app for that: How two rural counties reached more kids with developmental delays

Two rural counties in northern Colorado came up with a software app to reach more young children with developmental delays.

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drawing lines

New York
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An integration push meets long-standing efforts to improve Brooklyn’s P.S. 676, bringing hope and fresh worries

Advocates who have been fighting to improve P.S. 676 the Red Hook Neighborhood School, which could prove crucial to making new integration plans work.

No more sink or swim

Chicago
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How one Illinois program aims to train more resilient, longer-lasting teachers

More practical classroom experience could make all the difference for the newest crop of teachers, especially those entering the profession as their first job.

gates grants

National
July 18, 2019

One year in, Gates-funded networks of schools are getting off the ground — and more are on the way

One year after announcing $93 million in grants to 21 nonprofits, Gates Foundation says their continuous improvement model might not work, but that it's worth the risk.