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Colorado Shines

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.

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.