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But Colorado Education Commissioner Susana Córdova said “too many students are still attending schools that are struggling to meet their needs.”
John F. Kennedy High, Oakland Elementary, Rocky Mountain Prep Noel, and Academy 360 earned or maintained higher preliminary state ratings this year.
Philadelphia students will begin applying to selective schools nearly a month later than planned because official state test scores remain delayed.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced $43 million in funding and other reforms to resolve chronic city payment delays to early childhood education providers. The backlog threatens the rollout of his signature 2-K program.
Teachers say they are rethinking lesson plans and routines after immigration arrests and deportation orders rose over the summer in the state.
The July analysis of Colorado’s five-year-old law doesn’t provide evidence about how the policy has helped students as some universities nationwide have pushed back against it.
City officials urged the board to approve the $1.65 million deal that supports “mission critical” HR and enrollment systems. Opposition to Oracle and concerns about AI helped sink it.
IPS will make millions in cuts even if voters approve the ballot item. That’s led to criticism from some in the education community.
The school board president also said she wants the district to invest more in girls’ sports.
District leaders say the new rate is the best in district history.
Students still have multiple opportunities to complete an assignment before they would receive a zero on an assignment.
A new DPSCD policy requires parent meetings when students have three or more unexcused early releases from school. After six, parents will be asked to sign an attendance contract.
The ruling represents a loss for four school districts, three charter schools, and a public education cooperative.
District officials said they have done a lot to preserve arts education and increase academic rigor at the former contract school. But supporters on the school board said they want to see more.
The incumbent school board member cited “special interests prepared to spend millions of dollars” as a reason for bowing out.
Families are increasingly choosing online public schools, even as research has raised concerns about their academic results.