• Become a member
  • Login
  • My Account
  • Logout
  • News
    • Education
    • Health
    • Coloradans
    • Equity
      • Social Services
    • Sun Investigation
    • Crime and Courts
    • Culture
      • Arts
      • Food and Restaurants
    • Sports
    • Special Projects
  • Politics
    • Meet Colorado’s Congressional delegation
    • Election 2020
    • Election 2022
    • Election 2023
    • Election 2024
  • Environment
    • Climate
    • Water
    • Wildfire
    • Weather
  • Housing
    • Growth
  • Outdoors
  • Business
    • Energy
    • Economy
    • Technology
  • Opinion
    • Opinion Columns
    • Cartoons
    • Submit A Column
  • SunLit
    • SunLit Interviews
    • Book Excerpts
    • Bookstore Recommendations
    • Books of the West
  • Newsletters
    • The Sunriser
    • The Unaffiliated
    • The Outsider
    • The Temperature
    • Colorado Sunday
    • What’s Working
    • Mike Littwin
    • The Headlines
  • Podcasts
  • About Us
    • FAQs and Help
    • How We’re Funded
    • Ethics Policy
    • Our Commitment to DEI
    • Sponsorships
    • Business Memberships
    • Events
    • Send Tips
    • Corrections
    • Sun News
    • Contact Us
  • Facebook Page
  • Twitter Username
  • Instagram
  • Mastodon
  • News
    • Education
    • Health
    • Coloradans
    • Equity
      • Social Services
    • Sun Investigation
    • Crime and Courts
    • Culture
      • Arts
      • Food and Restaurants
    • Sports
    • Special Projects
  • Politics
    • Meet Colorado’s Congressional delegation
    • Election 2020
    • Election 2022
    • Election 2023
    • Election 2024
  • Environment
    • Climate
    • Water
    • Wildfire
    • Weather
  • Housing
    • Growth
  • Outdoors
  • Business
    • Energy
    • Economy
    • Technology
  • Opinion
    • Opinion Columns
    • Cartoons
    • Submit A Column
  • SunLit
    • SunLit Interviews
    • Book Excerpts
    • Bookstore Recommendations
    • Books of the West
  • Newsletters
    • The Sunriser
    • The Unaffiliated
    • The Outsider
    • The Temperature
    • Colorado Sunday
    • What’s Working
    • Mike Littwin
    • The Headlines
  • Podcasts
  • About Us
    • FAQs and Help
    • How We’re Funded
    • Ethics Policy
    • Our Commitment to DEI
    • Sponsorships
    • Business Memberships
    • Events
    • Send Tips
    • Corrections
    • Sun News
    • Contact Us

  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
Skip to content
The Colorado Sun logo

The Colorado Sun

Telling stories that matter in a dynamic, evolving state.

  • Become a member
  • Login
  • My Account
  • Logout
  • News
    • Education
    • Health
    • Coloradans
    • Equity
      • Social Services
    • Sun Investigation
    • Crime and Courts
    • Culture
      • Arts
      • Food and Restaurants
    • Sports
    • Special Projects
  • Politics
    • Meet Colorado’s Congressional delegation
    • Election 2020
    • Election 2022
    • Election 2023
    • Election 2024
  • Environment
    • Climate
    • Water
    • Wildfire
    • Weather
  • Housing
    • Growth
  • Outdoors
  • Business
    • Energy
    • Economy
    • Technology
  • Opinion
    • Opinion Columns
    • Cartoons
    • Submit A Column
  • SunLit
    • SunLit Interviews
    • Book Excerpts
    • Bookstore Recommendations
    • Books of the West
  • Newsletters
    • The Sunriser
    • The Unaffiliated
    • The Outsider
    • The Temperature
    • Colorado Sunday
    • What’s Working
    • Mike Littwin
    • The Headlines
  • Podcasts
  • About Us
    • FAQs and Help
    • How We’re Funded
    • Ethics Policy
    • Our Commitment to DEI
    • Sponsorships
    • Business Memberships
    • Events
    • Send Tips
    • Corrections
    • Sun News
    • Contact Us
  • Guides:
  • We’re not robocalling you
  • How to remove PFAS from your water
  • Why Lake Powell is important
  • Renewing Medicaid coverage 
  • Property tax bill calculator
  • Why it’s so hard to cut Colorado ozone
  • How water rights work in Colorado
  • Is an EV or gas car more affordable?
  • Find home electrification rebates

K-12

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

A classroom with desks and chairs.
Posted inEducation

How is your kid’s school doing in math and English? Use our statewide map to find out.

by Erica Breunlin 3:37 AM MDT on Aug 22, 20238:44 AM MDT on Aug 22, 2023

The nonpartisan Keystone Policy Center and The Colorado Sun teamed up to help ease the process of sorting through all the numbers from spring state tests

A woman sitting on the floor in a classroom.
Posted inEducation

A big takeaway from Colorado school testing data: Boys are recovering faster from COVID than girls

by Erica Breunlin 11:00 AM MDT on Aug 17, 20234:41 PM MDT on Aug 18, 2023

Scores on state standardized tests given in spring reflect a mix of students gaining ground and still struggling coming out of the pandemic

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

A woman uses her hands to demonstrate a point while sitting at a table
Posted inEducation

Colorado’s outgoing education chief faced a pandemic, divisive politics and even death threats. Now, she’s ready for a break.

by Erica Breunlin 3:23 AM MDT on Jun 23, 20239:14 AM MDT on Jun 23, 2023

Katy Anthes will hand over the state education department to Susana Córdova on Monday after about seven years of overseeing Colorado’s 178 school districts during a disruptive era in education

Posted inEducation

Many Colorado districts bought Chromebooks to get kids through COVID. Now, thousands of computers are nearing their end.

by Erica Breunlin 3:23 AM MDT on May 26, 20239:09 AM MDT on May 26, 2023

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.

Posted inEducation

Kids are losing ground in civics. A first-ever Colorado civics bee hopes to turn that around.

by Erica Breunlin 3:27 AM MDT on May 22, 20239:37 AM MDT on May 22, 2023

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.

Posted inEducation

Many Colorado educators have quit. But this former NFL coach, Walmart manager and psychotherapist ditched their old jobs to teach.

by Erica Breunlin 3:23 AM MDT on May 15, 202310:12 AM MDT on May 15, 2023

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.

Posted inEducation

Colorado schools struggle to account for all their most vulnerable kids. That won’t change for at least one more year.

by Erica Breunlin 3:27 AM MDT on May 1, 20237:30 AM MDT on May 1, 2023

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.

Posted inEducation

Many Colorado teachers dig into their own pockets to buy classroom supplies. The state may soon pay them back.

by Erica Breunlin 3:25 AM MST on Mar 9, 20234:54 PM MST on Mar 8, 2023

A bipartisan bill would give 50,000 public school teachers an income tax credit of up to $1,000 to reimburse personally incurred expenses

Posts navigation

1 2 3 … 14 Older posts
The Colorado Sun logo
  • Facebook Page
  • Twitter Username
  • Instagram
  • Mastodon

Follow The Sun

  • Newsletters
    • The Sunriser
    • The Unaffiliated
    • The Temperature
    • The Outsider
    • Colorado Sunday
    • Mike Littwin
    • What’s Working
    • The Headlines
  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Mastodon

Get to Know Us

  • About Us
  • Ethics Policy
  • How We’re Funded
  • DEI Commitment
  • Annual Reports
  • Events
  • Send Tips
  • News Literacy Resources
  • RSS
  • Work For The Sun
  • Corrections

More

  • Membership FAQs
  • Gift Membership
  • Email Membership Support
  • How To Support The Sun
  • Sponsor Us
  • Business Memberships
  • Store

Got a story tip? Drop us a note at tips@coloradosun.com


The Colorado Sun

The Colorado Sun is a journalist-owned, award-winning news outlet based in Denver that strives to cover all of Colorado so that our state — our community — can better understand itself.

  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Mastodon
© 2023 The Colorado Sun. Proudly powered by Newspack by Automattic Colorado Sun Privacy Policy