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How has enrollment changed in your school district? Check out this map of student makeup in Colorado districts

by Erica Breunlin 3:37 AM MDT on Sep 22, 20239:24 AM MDT on Sep 22, 2023

The Keystone Policy Center and The Colorado Sun partnered to develop an interactive map that breaks down student counts and demographics statewide and in individual schools and districts.

Posted inEducation

A grant program helping Colorado teachers buy school supplies ran out in 8 days. It’s getting a new surge of money.

by Erica Breunlin 3:00 PM MDT on Sep 21, 20235:30 PM MDT on Sep 21, 2023

Gov. Jared Polis is reviving the grant program with $6.7 million in emergency funds from his office to help kids make up for lost lessons and time after the height of COVID

Colorful decor lines the hallways of Fisher Early Learning Center in Denver on Aug. 15, 2023, when Gov. Jared Polis and Lisa Roy, executive director of the Colorado Department of Early Childhood visited the center. The pair of leaders were celebrating Colorado's launch of its newly expanded preschool program, supported by a voter-approved tax increase to cigarettes, tobacco and nicotine products. (Erica Breunlin, The Colorado Sun)
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Colorado lawmakers chastise universal preschool leaders for major troubles with enrollment, serving kids with disabilities

by Erica Breunlin 3:37 AM MDT on Sep 21, 202310:14 AM MDT on Sep 21, 2023

During a tense Joint Budget Committee hearing Wednesday, lawmakers told the Colorado Department of Early Childhood to fix persistent shortcomings in the new preschool program

Posted inEquity

From particle accelerator to Mr. Bubbles: A 92-year-old Colorado physicist spends his retirement teaching 120,000 kids

by Nancy Lofholm 4:01 AM MDT on Sep 18, 20238:28 PM MDT on Sep 18, 2023

John McConnell has a science and math center named for him at Colorado Mesa University and he still shows up to wow students and teachers.

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Colorado mountain towns where teachers can’t afford housing have a new solution: Tiny homes built by teens

by Erica Breunlin 3:37 AM MDT on Sep 15, 202312:12 PM MDT on Sep 15, 2023

School districts in Aspen and Frisco are exploring beyond apartments and houses to open up new affordable housing options — 200-square-foot abodes — for educators and staff

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Colorado’s universal preschool standards set low bar, experts say

by Ann Schimke, Chalkbeat Colorado 7:37 AM MDT on Sep 14, 20237:38 AM MDT on Sep 14, 2023

Colorado’s proposed quality rules, which will take effect in fall 2024, are already coming too late for the first class of universal preschoolers — about 38,000 4-year-olds and 9,000 3-year-olds so far this fall

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Avalanche education needs more women. Here’s how one industry leader in Colorado is recruiting them. 

by Tracy Ross 3:31 AM MDT on Sep 14, 20239:30 AM MDT on Sep 14, 2023

For three years, the American Institute for Avalanche Research and Education has been luring women into the field with mentored programs centered on diversity

Posted inEducation

Back-to-school shopping can cost families hundreds of dollars. These Colorado districts buy supplies for thousands of kids.

by Erica Breunlin 3:37 AM MDT on Sep 11, 202310:48 AM MDT on Sep 11, 2023

Students in kindergarten through eighth grade receive everything from pencils to notebooks, sparing their families the time and expense of purchasing long lists of school supplies

Posted inEducation

67 more electric school buses are coming to Colorado, but diesel buses still dominate roads

by Erica Breunlin 3:37 AM MDT on Sep 1, 20237:00 PM MDT on Aug 31, 2023

13 Colorado districts and charter schools will add electric school buses to their fleets through $24 million in state and federal funding, leading to cleaner air and cost savings for schools

Posted inEducation

Are private transportation companies the answer to Colorado’s school bus driver shortage? 

by Jennifer Brown 4:00 AM MDT on Aug 31, 20236:13 PM MDT on Aug 30, 2023

Students with disabilities, who are homeless or living in foster homes have the right to free transportation to their schools. School districts’ costs are rising.

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