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Posted inOpinion Columns

Opinion: School safety is a shared responsibility

by Michael Carter 1:30 AM MDT on Sep 20, 20237:40 PM MDT on Sep 19, 2023

The causes of violence arise from a complex web of community issues that inevitably affect our schools.

Posted inOpinion Columns

Opinion: Who wrote “We the People,” and who are “We” anyway?

by Tom Cosgrove 1:30 AM MDT on Sep 17, 20237:50 PM MDT on Sep 15, 2023

Too many political leaders and some of our fellow Coloradans oppose teaching our children the true history of our country, about how we began, how far we have come, and how far we still have to go. Happy to raise the U.S. Constitution as a shield, they claim to understand what our “founding fathers” originally […]

Posted inPolitics and Government

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

Posted inOpinion Columns

Opinion: Universal preschool is a wonder, not a reason to complain

by Barrett Rothe 1:30 AM MDT on Sep 8, 20236:13 PM MDT on Sep 7, 2023

Minor glitches in the first year of the program should not misdirect Coloradans from understanding our state has taken a massive leap forward.

Posted inEducation

Are you a Colorado teacher in need of classroom materials? Here’s how to get $800 worth of supplies.

by Erica Breunlin 8:30 AM MDT on Aug 24, 20238:48 AM MDT on Aug 25, 2023

A new grant program could bring supplies needed to help kids overcome learning deficits from the pandemic to about 12,000 teachers

Posted inEducation

U.S. education chief advocates for more workforce development programs in high schools

by Erica Breunlin 2:31 PM MDT on Aug 10, 20239:19 AM MDT on Aug 11, 2023

Miguel Cardona and Gov. Jared Polis headlined a workforce summit at the Community College of Aurora, where educators and employers explored how to better prepare students for in-demand jobs

Posted inEducation

In two Aurora neighborhoods, school buses and RVs are the classrooms

by Erica Breunlin 3:37 AM MDT on Aug 4, 20235:03 PM MDT on Aug 28, 2023

Most summer days, the students of You be You Early Learning unleash their torrent of energy in a classroom shaded by a canopy of cottonwood leaves, with slivers of sunlight cascading over them as they play rounds of musical chairs after learning how to add numbers or identify the different kinds of bugs living in […]

Posted inCartoons

“What’d I Miss?”: Teaching the upside of slavery

by R. Alan Brooks and Cori Redford 2:05 AM MDT on Aug 4, 20235:27 PM MDT on Aug 3, 2023

In “What’d I Miss?” writer R. Alan Brooks and artist Cori Redford look at how Florida’s new history curriculum spins slavery — and who might want to try it out.

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Claire Oberon Garcia, Colorado’s incoming state historian, adds an interdisciplinary — and literary — touch to the position

Kevin Simpson by Kevin Simpson 4:05 AM MDT on Aug 1, 20233:33 PM MDT on Aug 2, 2023

Longtime Colorado College English professor Claire Oberon Garcia assumes the title of Colorado State Historian as history, and how it’s taught, takes on an increasingly contentious role.

Posted inEducation

Tickets and arrests didn’t go up when SROs reintroduced to Denver schools, police data shows

by Melanie Asmar, Chalkbeat 7:16 AM MDT on Jul 31, 20237:16 AM MDT on Jul 31, 2023

When school starts in Denver next month, school resource officers will be back

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