More than 200 local governments have pledged to increase their affordable housing stock in the coming years. Now developers are applying for funds to build those units.
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How two Colorado mountain school districts are working to house hundreds of teachers and staff
Some school districts anticipate needing to house all teachers and staff within the next decade as costs soar. A new report highlights how a few are getting a running start.
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Most of the Colorado school board candidates backed by teachers unions won their races this year
Voters in many school districts indicated they “want to get back to the basics” in education, one national expert says. But the presidential election could stir up conservative energy in future school board races.
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Gunnison elects first Cora Indian to city council, giving voice to community that lived mainly in the shadows
Marisela Ballesteros, 26, will be sworn in Dec. 12 and says she’ll work to better the circumstances of everyone — not just those who share her ethnicity. It’s “not OK that everyone is struggling.”
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These Colorado theater kids are learning improv, not to perform on a stage but to rehearse life skills
Middle and high schoolers as well as kids in juvenile detention centers step outside their comfort zones to perform on the spot and find a sense of belonging in the process
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For a band of queer cyclists in southwest Colorado, biking is a “form of liberation”
The group says biking is an alternative to finding community in “drinking-forward” spaces
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Self-portrait of anxiety and depression: Teens’ artwork paints dire picture of Colorado’s mental health crisis
The work of 35 young artists from across the state will be on display at the Museum of Contemporary Art until Dec. 10
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Colorado schools struggle to keep kids in class amid a spike in dropouts and absences
Chronic absenteeism goes hand in hand with students dropping out, experts say. Schools are tackling both by trying to build better relationships with kids.
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After one failed effort to repatriate Native remains, a Colorado school is trying again — 30 years later
Native American objects, including human remains, sat in boxes at Western Colorado University for decades. Now a grant has fueled a renewed effort to find their proper home.
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Colorado offered $100 to families hoping to kick-start college savings accounts. It’s working.
More than 10,000 families have opened savings accounts through the state-run nonprofit CollegeInvest’s First Step program, tackling the high cost of college by starting to save early