Education
More poverty, fewer federal dollars: Suburban Denver schools face hard choices about who gets cut off
Large districts like Aurora, Jeffco, and Cherry Creek are among those grappling with how to serve more schools with higher percentages of students living in poverty
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The Western Slope’s outdoor recreation economy had everything but a bachelor’s degree. Colorado Mesa is changing that.
By Jason Blevins Outdoors Primary category in which blog post is published
Colorado education board orders HOPE Online to close its elementary operations following low performance
By Yesenia Robles, Chalkbeat Education Primary category in which blog post is published
Could mental health support be the key to keeping more Colorado preschool teachers in the field?
By Erica Breunlin Education Primary category in which blog post is published
Colorado State Board calls for tougher rules teacher training rules on reading instruction
By Ann Schimke Education Primary category in which blog post is published
Colorado’s effort to expand mental health first aid training for teachers moves forward
Just as regular first aid courses teach lay people how to staunch bleeding from a wound or perform CPR, mental health first aid trains them how to talk someone through a crisis and recognize warning signs
Will Colorado’s college athletes soon be able to profit from their names and images?
If passed, Colorado’s act would become law in 2023. That presumably would allow an embattled NCAA and other collegiate sports groups to develop national standards on student athlete compensation.
Colorado campuses sound alarm as leaders push cost-cutting and “efficiency through starvation”
Gov. Jared Polis’ administration wants to find a new way to fund state colleges and universities, but now the effort has stalled
“Lives are at stake”: Students, teachers plead for Denver schools to do more in face of rising gun violence
Denver’s homicide count has been on an upward trend since 2005, though it’s still not as high as in the mid-1990s
Colorado is weighing whether to cap school board campaign donations
The legislation would limit individual donors to $2,500 per election cycle and small donor committees, such as that used by the Denver teachers union, to $25,000
Colorado boarding school, where government sought to assimilate tribal students, listed as a “most endangered” place
Colorado Preservation, Inc. is working with Southern Ute leaders as they consider preserving the site near Ignacio, which recalls a painful chapter of U.S. history
Most Colorado public school teachers are white, but almost half of their students are not. Can the state close the gap?
Colorado lawmakers want to explore what’s standing in the way of minority teacher candidates. One hurdle: licensure.
What happened to free? Colorado Gov. Polis has changed how he talks about preschool
There are big challenges to paying for preschool in Colorado, a state that does not fully fund its K-12 education system and only this year started paying for full-day kindergarten
Colorado got $3.6 million from the Equifax breach. It’ll help start a rural college program to prevent this from happening again.
Colorado Northwestern Community College plans to start cybersecurity classes this Fall while the rest of the money will be spent on consumer education and possibly a loan-forgiveness program.
