The causes of violence arise from a complex web of community issues that inevitably affect our schools.
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Opinion: Who wrote “We the People,” and who are “We” anyway?
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 […]
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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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Opinion: Universal preschool is a wonder, not a reason to complain
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.
A new grant program could bring supplies needed to help kids overcome learning deficits from the pandemic to about 12,000 teachers
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U.S. education chief advocates for more workforce development programs in high schools
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
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In two Aurora neighborhoods, school buses and RVs are the classrooms
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 […]
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“What’d I Miss?”: Teaching the upside of slavery
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
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.
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Tickets and arrests didn’t go up when SROs reintroduced to Denver schools, police data shows
When school starts in Denver next month, school resource officers will be back