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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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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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
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Help wanted: A Colorado nonprofit is recruiting retirees to educate preschoolers amid staff shortages
The Early Childhood Service Corps puts adults 50 and older in preschool classrooms to help teach and fill workforce gaps
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Opinion: Colorado schools need more mental health resources, and that requires more investment
With fewer teachers and counselors in schools, there are more student behavior disturbances, which disrupt learning and make schools less safe.
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Opinion: Crisis in schools has become dangerously normalized
Once again, traumatized educators are expected to heal traumatized children and rebuild a sense of stability and safety. We are exhausted.
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How 5 Colorado teachers are feeling about school safety and what they want done to make their classrooms safer
The Colorado Sun interviewed educators who were protesting at the state Capitol on Friday in the wake of a shooting at East High School in Denver
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Interested in teaching, nursing, firefighting or construction? Colorado lawmakers want to pay for your education.
Two bills would help students pay for education costs — including covering upfront tuition, fees and supplies — to fill critical workforce gaps.
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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