Tag: Education

Originally posted on Chalkbeat by Nicholas Garcia on June 7, 2016 A broad coalition of education reform and civil rights groups is lobbying against a proposed change to the...

A committee of 75 parents, students, teachers and taxpayers is recommending Denver Public Schools ask voters to approve raising $572 million in taxes to build new schools and upgrade existing ones, in addition to raising $56.6 million to pay for programs and staff.

In years past, winning a spot in one of Denver Public Schools’ eight elementary magnet programs for highly gifted and talented students—especially the sought-after Polaris at Ebert Elementary—required parents to be savvy and informed.

Originally posted on Chalkbeat by Nicholas Garcia on May 24, 2016 Colorado lawmakers, teacher preparation programs and school districts should move quickly to address...

Starting this fall, Denver Public Schools will use three criteria to decide whether to shutter low-performing schools, according to guidelines unveiled at a meeting Thursday.

Colorado has sunk closer to the bottom of the pack for state preschool funding, according to an annual report card released Thursday.

Rural schools across Colorado will likely have help finding teachers to fill empty classrooms, thanks to a proposal approved in the waning hours of...

Colorado lawmakers in 2016 rejected an opportunity to bring the state’s open-records law into the 21st century. They also decided that wage-law violations should remain...

Originally posted on Chalkbeat by Todd Engdahl on May 13, 2016 For education, the 2016 legislative session was more about what didn’t happen than...

A handful of rural school districts in Colorado will have to shoulder millions in budget cuts on their own, the result of a fraught compromise...