Tag: Colorado Board of Education

More than 160 Colorado schools received one of the state’s two lowest ratings, making them eligible for additional assistance but also vulnerable to intervention...

In Colorado’s first-ever attempt to give away management of a school district, state officials Thursday provided a preview of what the final order requiring...

This year marked a turning point for Colorado education officials and the state’s lowest performing schools. Seven years after the state’s current school accountability system...

Colorado will begin shifting away from standardized tests developed as part of a controversial multi-state effort and toward tests developed mostly by Colorado educators. The move,...

Colorado’s in-depth review of its academic standards — what kids are expected to know in several subjects in each grade — has entered a...

Two years after a controversial student health survey sparked protracted debate at the State Board of Education, questions about the survey’s value have moved...

This story originally appeared in Chalkbeat When Rebecca McClellan joins the State Board of Education in January, Democrats will have partisan control of the board...

One of the last races to be decided from last week’s election is who will represent Congressional District 6 on the Colorado Board of...

Originally posted on Chalkbeat by Nicholas Garcia on June 8, 2016 PUEBLO — After outcry from education advocacy and civil rights groups, Colorado schools...

If thousands of kids protesting and lawmakers staying up until all hours trying to hash out workable compromises on testing reform didn't tell you that the state of public education in Colorado is pretty contentious these days, than the abrupt resignation of newly-elected state Board of Education Chair Marcia Neal confirms it.