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Tag: English Language Learners
Putting numbers to a new school finance formula could prove challenging
A group of Colorado lawmakers spent Monday afternoon plugging numbers into a proposed new school finance formula, squinting at a projection of a computer...
Inside Denver’s attempt to slow ‘summer slide’ for English language learners...
It’s summer break, but 14 rising third-graders spent a recent morning at Denver’s McMeen Elementary learning about proper nouns. After fastening imaginary bow ties...
In Colorado’s high-poverty schools, many teachers are just starting their careers
This story is part of a partnership between Chalkbeat and the nonprofit investigative news organization ProPublica. Using federal data from Miseducation, an interactive database built by...
Large achievement gaps in Denver highlighted by new national test data
Compared to other large, urban school districts, Denver has among the biggest achievement gaps in the country between white and Hispanic students in reading...
How the face of Denver Public Schools is changing, explained in...
This story originally appeared in Chalkbeat Colorado.
Colorado’s largest school district continues to grow, though not at the same breakneck pace that saw Denver Public...