Colorado Shines

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.

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.

opting out

Colorado

May 16, 2017

Amid Colorado’s push to get child care providers to seek higher ratings, some say, ‘No thanks’

Some child care providers say earning higher marks on Colorado's quality rating scale takes time and money they don't have — and won't benefit them anyway.

Quality quest

Colorado

April 20, 2017

How Colorado is trying to boost access to quality child care for poor kids

Even with recent changes to Colorado's $86 million child care subsidy programs, low-income children still don't have access to the same quality care wealthier kids do.

year in review

Colorado

December 19, 2016

Colorado’s year in early childhood: Bright spots and persistent challenges

A look at Colorado's biggest early childhood stories of 2016.

raising the bar

Colorado

September 29, 2016

Helping poor families afford child care used to be about working parents, but recent changes focus on kids

New federal rules, along with key policy and funding changes in Colorado, have shifted the focus of a program that helps poor families with child care costs.

Special visitor

Colorado

August 1, 2016

U.S. education chief gives Colorado kudos for early childhood efforts

Colorado got a high-profile pat on the back Monday with a visit from U.S. Secretary of Education John King, who lauded the state’s efforts to raise child care quality.

Early Childhood

Colorado

January 20, 2016

A year after new child care rating system rolls out, two centers nab top scores

A year into a mandatory statewide rating system for preschool and child care, centers in Denver and Loveland are the first to nab top ratings.

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