Aurora Public Schools announced the change in a letter from school board President Debbie Gerkin Friday afternoon
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Where Colorado State Board of Education candidates stand on 9 issues
The State Board of Education is growing from seven to nine seats.
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How one Colorado Republican shaped what students will learn about the Holocaust
Over the last year and a half, Steve Durham has pushed for the state’s academic standards to connect the Holocaust and other genocides to socialism
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Denver teachers union, district reach agreement on 8.7% pay increase
The Denver teachers union and Denver Public Schools reached a tentative agreement that raises wages an average of 8.7%, sets starting salary a little above $50,000, and promises teachers more planning time during the work day. The announcement of a deal Thursday comes after a marathon bargaining session between the Denver Classroom Teachers Association and district leaders […]
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Colorado schools’ hardest jobs to fill: Bus drivers and special education
For Lacey Nelson, the weeks leading up to the start of school are a blur of spreadsheets, meetings, and calls from principals about last-minute teacher resignations. With less than two weeks to go, Denver Public Schools’ director of talent acquisition is still looking to hire 150 teachers, 275 paraprofessionals, and up to 45 bus drivers. […]
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Colorado’s COVID guidance for K-12 schools: minimize disruption, stay alert
There are no mask mandates and no quarantine rules in Colorado’s COVID guidance for the 2022-23 school year, but public health officials say they’re still tracking the disease and want school administrators to be open and honest with families about cases and clusters. New guidance released Wednesday largely treats COVID like other communicable diseases, continuing a policy […]
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Colorado school funding measure won’t be on November ballot after supporters fail to gather enough signatures
Colorado voters won’t get to decide this November whether to forego a portion of future state tax refunds to better fund K-12 schools. Supporters of a ballot measure that would have dedicated an estimated $984 million in future income tax revenue to help school districts recruit and retain educators announced Monday that they had fallen […]
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Tentative Jefferson County teacher pay deal sets starting salary at $50,000
New teachers in Jeffco Public Schools will earn starting salaries of $50,000 and the most experienced teachers will be able to earn more than $100,000 a year under a tentative agreement between the district and the teachers union. Jeffco Public Schools and the Jefferson County Education Association reached the agreement late Wednesday, two weeks before […]
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Bus assistants, language interpreters and other support staff — in short supply at Colorado schools — are seeking unions and better pay
Carolina Galvan nears the outer edge of her dream each time she steps into her classroom at Valdez Elementary School in Denver. She wants to be a teacher with her own classroom of students, but since she was unable to finish the schooling required to earn a teacher’s license, her role as a paraprofessional sets […]
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Two new seats, high stakes in Colorado State Board of Education election
Colorado’s State Board of Education is growing from seven to nine seats, and political control of the body that sets education policy could be at stake in November’s election. The addition of two seats due to Colorado’s growing population — one representing a new 8th Congressional District that includes Adams and Weld counties and another […]