A task force came up with 30 recommended changes to the accountability system. House Bill 1278 takes on those suggestions and more.
A significant number of teachers are expected to join a rally at the Colorado Capitol on Thursday. The Colorado Education Association is organizing the rally to protest funding cuts.
The appeal seeks to answer a key question: Can religious preschools exclude children from LGBTQ families if the program is funded by the state?
DPS argued that it has ‘done everything within its control to minimize uncertainty and disruption and to ensure that all impacted students can transition to new schools as smoothly as possible.’
The Trump administration’s U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights said 52 colleges and universities may have violated civil rights laws, including 45 for their work with the PhD Project. The announcement lists the University of Colorado Colorado Springs’ graduate program.
A task force came up with 30 recommended changes to the accountability system. House Bill 1278 takes on those suggestions and more.
A significant number of teachers are expected to join a rally at the Colorado Capitol on Thursday. The Colorado Education Association is organizing the rally to protest funding cuts.
The appeal seeks to answer a key question: Can religious preschools exclude children from LGBTQ families if the program is funded by the state?
DPS argued that it has ‘done everything within its control to minimize uncertainty and disruption and to ensure that all impacted students can transition to new schools as smoothly as possible.’
The Trump administration’s U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights said 52 colleges and universities may have violated civil rights laws, including 45 for their work with the PhD Project. The announcement lists the University of Colorado Colorado Springs’ graduate program.
Colorado lawmakers are fully focused on figuring out next year’s budget. But a coalition of advocates say that shouldn’t stop lawmakers from pressing forward in creating a plan to solve long-term K-12 funding woes.
Officials say the initiative will give Jeffco students a fast track into the School of Mines.
“By cutting this funding, the Trump Administration is taking away healthy meals from school children,” Gov. Jared Polis said of cuts reportedly made by the USDA.
Local school boards have passed resolutions in support of immigrant students. The State Board has not traditionally used resolutions to make statements, but did on Wednesday.
Advocates for English learners have raised concerns for years about new reading instruction policies. A new report claims teachers across the U.S. are facing challenges.
Bill sponsors originally proposed capping child care waitlists fees at $25, but that provision was eliminated.
Only 10 of Colorado’s 179 school districts included a separate tally in their annual reviews of how many of their students were secluded last school year. The lack of information makes it impossible to understand the scope of this controversial practice.
Las Escuelas Públicas de Denver habían solicitado que los tribunales restablecieran una norma previa que trataba a las escuelas como “lugares sensibles” donde medidas de control de inmigración no deben practicarse a menos que hubiera un peligro inminente para la población en general. El juez dijo que no.
Denver Public Schools had asked the court to reinstate a previous policy that treated schools as “sensitive locations” where immigration enforcement should only take place if there is immediate danger to the public. The judge said no.
After four hours of debate on Thursday night, sponsors said they’re open to changes to a bill that would require schools to teach financial literacy.
Colorado’s universal school meals program has a funding shortfall. Here’s lawmakers’ plan to fix it.
The Healthy School Meals for All program that voters approved in 2022 has cost more than expected and needs new funding to continue.
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A Senate bill seeks to keep a prohibition on facial recognition technology in schools. The technology has proven polarizing, with sides arguing that it creates safer schools while others saying it violates student privacy.
One part of the bill addressed hotly contested rules about preschool class sizes and staff-student ratios.
The Denver Police Department initially said Tuesday that the victim was not a DPS student, describing him ‘an adult male’ in a post on X.
“It is not my desire to have our students, staff, and families living in fear that this board and this superintendent are out there just closing schools,” board member Michelle Quattlebaum said.
Teachers said they were entitled to a 5.2% cost-of-living raise. Denver Public Schools said it didn’t have the money. An arbitrator sided with DPS.
The Girls Athletic Leadership School’s middle school, which has nearly four times as many students as its high school, will stay open.
Abogados para el Departamento de Seguridad Nacional de EE. UU. dicen que el distrito escolar de Denver no puede demostrar que las medidas de control de inmigración han ocurrido cerca de escuelas ni que han causado suficientes daños.
Members of the Joint Budget Committee expressed frustration that state early childhood leaders hadn’t alerted them to budget problems earlier.
What to know about a major change to National Institutes of Health grants and more news about Colorado colleges and universities.
The cuts are set to take effect Monday.
Padres, estudiantes y maestros exigen respuestas mientras el distrito escolar de Jeffco propone cerrar Jefferson Jr./Sr. High School.
Parents, students, and teachers demand answers as Jeffco Public Schools proposes shutting down Jefferson Jr./Sr. High School.
The federal guidance — delivered in what is known as a Dear Colleague letter — is just one of several actions that Colorado universities have needed to grapple with as Trump seeks to cut spending and end DEI policies nationwide.
More students than expected have been eating school meals, making the program more expensive than anticipated.
DPS filed the lawsuit in an attempt to void a Trump administration policy that clears the way for immigration enforcement to take place at “sensitive locations,” including schools.
At least two Colorado high schools will cut their Latin programs in the coming years.
Changes out of Washington have only increased the degree of difficulty, writes Chris DeRemer.
Black history: Colorado lawmakers want to create standards to ensure it’s taught amid attacks on DEI
“Colorado can set the example that we will not tolerate that foolishness here in Colorado, and we will not allow people to divide us,” bill sponsor Rep. Regina English said.
Amendments approved Tuesday removed or reshaped several original provisions of the bill.
Joe Garcia has become a state and national higher education leader. But heading Colorado’s community colleges is the job in which he’s felt most effective.