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.
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A grant program helping Colorado teachers buy school supplies ran out in 8 days. It’s getting a new surge of money.
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
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Colorado lawmakers chastise universal preschool leaders for major troubles with enrollment, serving kids with disabilities
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
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From particle accelerator to Mr. Bubbles: A 92-year-old Colorado physicist spends his retirement teaching 120,000 kids
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
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
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.
For three years, the American Institute for Avalanche Research and Education has been luring women into the field with mentored programs centered on diversity
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Back-to-school shopping can cost families hundreds of dollars. These Colorado districts buy supplies for thousands of kids.
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
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67 more electric school buses are coming to Colorado, but diesel buses still dominate roads
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
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Are private transportation companies the answer to Colorado’s school bus driver shortage?
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.