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Tag: Chalkbeat
In Colorado, the governor’s press office vs. a nonprofit news site...
As we know, ideologically oriented newsrooms with various and murky funding models have popped up over the years offering news with perspectives to help fill gaps...
Colorado Dems overwhelmingly reject Democrats for Education Reform at state assembly
Delegates at the Colorado Democratic state assembly Saturday sent a clear message to the state chapter of Democrats for Education Reform: You don’t have...
School choice is pushing wealthy families to gentrify areas while avoiding...
When Francis Pearman was studying at Vanderbilt, he and a fellow graduate student noticed a striking phenomenon in Nashville: white, affluent families were moving...
A minimum salary for Colorado teachers? State officials may ask lawmakers...
As part of a broad plan to increase the volume of high-quality teachers in Colorado, state officials are considering asking lawmakers to take the...
What a dearth of teachers means for a school in a...
OTIS — Late last spring, after five of her two dozen teachers resigned with no replacements in sight, Superintendent Kendra Anderson reassured her school’s...
Denver teen pregnancy prevention organization to close its doors at the...
A Denver-based nonprofit focused on teen pregnancy prevention and youth sexual health will close its doors at the end of 2017 after losing two...
Jeffco Public Schools to use restorative practices as part of discipline...
Jeffco Public Schools is investing more resources in so-called restorative practices as an alternative to suspensions, part of a broader reexamination of student discipline...
Amid push to get CO child care providers to seek higher...
Dede Beardsley says she’s always received rave reviews about the Montessori preschool and kindergarten program she’s led in Boulder for nearly four decades.
Parents and...
To hire and keep good teachers as housing costs rise, Colorado...
Originally posted on Chalkbeat by Ann Schimke on December 20, 2016
As Colorado’s housing costs skyrocket, a growing number of school districts, local leaders...
Jeffco school board to vote next month on superintendent search
Originally posted on Chalkbeat by Yesenia Robles on Dec. 20, 2016
Just over a year after board members who hired him were ousted in...