Scores on state standardized tests given in spring reflect a mix of students gaining ground and still struggling coming out of the pandemic
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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
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 […]
Colorado universities will double down on diversity after Supreme Court effectively barred affirmative action
The Court on Thursday limited the role of race in admissions in private and public higher education institutions. Here’s how Colorado colleges are responding.
Are 15 hours of free preschool a week enough? For many Colorado parents, the answer is “no.”
The state will introduce its new “universal preschool” program this fall, providing a minimum of 15 hours of preschool for all kids the year before they start kindergarten. Working families say they need more.
Many Colorado districts bought Chromebooks to get kids through COVID. Now, thousands of computers are nearing their end.
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.
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.
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.
Tens of thousands of Colorado families have matched with a universal preschool provider. Another 2,300 will have to apply again.
The Colorado Department of Education matched families during the first round of applications and will begin pairing applicants from the second round with providers next month
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