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A "closed" sign on the gate at Carson Elementary School in Denver on April 3, 2020. On Monday, April 20, 2020, Gov. Jared Polis announced that all Colorado schools will remain closed for the rest of the academic year.

All Colorado schools to remain closed for the rest of the academic year

Chalkbeat Erica Meltzer, Chalkbeat Colorado -
Colorado schools will be closed for the rest of the school year, even as Gov. Jared Polis laid out a plan for a partial...
The $41 million coming to Colorado’s early childhood sector is part of a $3.5 billion stream earmarked for early childhood in the CARES Act passed by Congress in late March.

Colorado is about to get $41 million for early childhood. Here’s where the money...

Chalkbeat Ann Schimke, Chalkbeat Colorado -
As Colorado’s early childhood leaders discuss how to spend a new $41 million pot of federal coronavirus relief money, there are lots of unsettled...

Even in a public health crisis, Colorado lawmakers need to pass a budget

Chalkbeat Erica Meltzer, Chalkbeat Colorado -
Leaders in the Colorado General Assembly say they’re committed to passing key budget legislation as soon as possible, even though they are not sure...
Students at the Greenlee Elementary School on March 22, 2019 as Gov. Jared Polis and lawmakers announced a plan to fund full-day kindergarten. The picture would be vastly different a year later as the governor announced Colorado schools will remain closed at least through April 30, 2020.

Colorado extends statewide school closures through end of April School closures are a key...

Chalkbeat Erica Meltzer, Chalkbeat Colorado -
Colorado schools will remain closed at least through April 30, a move that makes it even less likely that in-person classes will resume this...
Coronavirus testing capacity in Colorado remains limited, and public health authorities believe there are thousands of cases in the community, including in places where there are very few or no reported cases. Jeffco and Denver Public School districts have said they will not continue to do public notifications.

Denver, Jeffco districts won’t do public notifications of new coronavirus cases

Chalkbeat Erica Meltzer and Yesenia Robles, Chalkbeat -
As the number of cases grows, Colorado’s largest school districts say they will not do public notifications if a member of a school community...
The playground at Carson Elementary School in Denver sits empty on Mar. 19. 2020. Colorado schools are closed through at least April 17 by order of Gov. Jared Polis.

A day without school: What life looks like across America when children stay home...

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It was a Tuesday like no other. Crosswalks were empty. Children’s backpacks and lunch boxes sat unused. Yellow buses weren’t rumbling down many streets, and...
Whether it’s a snow day or a pandemic, one of the biggest considerations when deciding to close schools is how to continue to feed children. Breakfasts and lunches served at school are a critical source of nutrition for many students.

MAP: Here’s where children can get meals while Colorado schools are closed due to...

Chalkbeat Erica Meltzer, Sam Park, Chalkbeat -
Lee aquí en español. On the heels of widespread school closures announced Thursday and Friday, Colorado districts have rolled out plans to keep feeding the...
East High School, Denver

Two Denver students under quarantine after contact with family friend with coronavirus

Chalkbeat Melanie Asmar, Chalkbeat Colorado -
Two students at Denver’s East High School who were exposed to a man who tested presumptive positive for the new coronavirus are under self-quarantine,...
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Coronavirus has officially arrived in Colorado. One school district has lessons from its battle...

Chalkbeat Ann Schimke, Chalkbeat Colorado | Yesenia Robles, Chalkbeat Colorado -
With Coronavirus now present in Colorado, leaders of the 22,000-student Mesa County Valley District 51 aren’t letting their recent experience with a contagious stomach...
Student walks down a hallway at a public high school. A new study shows racially integrated high schools often conceal segregated classes.

Racially integrated high schools often conceal segregated classes, new study shows

Chalkbeat Matt Barnum, Chalkbeat -
A truly integrated high school is hard to find. That’s the conclusion of a new North Carolina study that takes a look at two kinds...
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