Chromebooks reach their “death date” when they are no longer capable of receiving operating system updates. Replacing them straps district budgets and harms the environment.
K-12 education
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Kids are losing ground in civics. A first-ever Colorado civics bee hopes to turn that around.
Fifteen middle schoolers competed at the statewide competition Friday, one of nine across the country. Organizers plan to launch a national civics bee next year.
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Many Colorado educators have quit. But this former NFL coach, Walmart manager and psychotherapist ditched their old jobs to teach.
These second-career teachers have shifted to the classroom at a time the profession has been marked by low pay and more responsibilities. Not even pay cuts could deter these new educators.
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Colorado schools struggle to account for all their most vulnerable kids. That won’t change for at least one more year.
The state counts “at-risk” students based on those who qualify for free and reduced-price lunch. Changes to that approach could include counting kids enrolled in Medicaid, but the state doesn’t yet have that data by district.
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Opinion: Here’s our chance to define “high quality public education,” so we can build it
If we decide on the purpose of what we teach in schools, we can backwards-design our K-12 system to deliver it.
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Many Colorado teachers dig into their own pockets to buy classroom supplies. The state may soon pay them back.
A bipartisan bill would give 50,000 public school teachers an income tax credit of up to $1,000 to reimburse personally incurred expenses
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Colorado governor, lawmakers take aim at students’ low math scores with new funding, training proposal
Colorado students across grades have increasingly struggled to make gains in math while falling short of grade-level benchmarks
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What role should parents play in schools? Five Colorado districts are teaming up to include them.
The pandemic changed the way parents are involved in their kids’ education. A new family engagement center shared by five districts will better incorporate their input into schools.
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Katy Anthes, Colorado’s education commissioner, will leave her post in July
Anthes has been at the department helm since the end of 2016. The State Board of Education will start looking for the agency’s next leader in early 2023.
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Voters approve Prop. FF, clearing way for new school meals program funded by cutting tax breaks for the wealthy
The new program will give all Colorado public school students access to free breakfasts and lunches, regardless of household income