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targeting dollars

Denver Public Schools already provides more money to educate low-income students, but it wants to do more
Colorado
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running out of time

Colorado
2 days ago

These five Jeffco elementary schools face possible closure. Here’s why.

'very difficult choices'

Colorado
2 days ago

Five Jeffco Public Schools recommended for closure under budget-cutting plan

End of the line

Colorado
2 days ago

Time’s up: 12 Colorado schools will face state intervention for not improving

Tough options

Colorado
3 days ago

Aurora schools weighing a long list of possible budget cuts for next year

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Standard bearer

Colorado
4 days ago

Colorado begins review of academic standards after years of avoiding Common Core controversy

While Colorado lawmakers have introduced legislation to force the state to drop the Common Core in previous years, their efforts were futile.

Here We Go

Colorado
5 days ago

House education committee greenlights increasing funding for kindergarten, banning corporal punishment

Monday’s meeting of the House Education Committee marked the first time this session education related bills were discussed.

hold up wait a minute

Colorado
1 week ago

Colorado Latina lawmakers to Trump: Back off pledge to end protections for young undocumented immigrants

Colorado lawmakers are asking Trump to back off his promise to revoke temporary protection from deportation to undocumented immigrants who arrived here as children.

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a new conversation

Colorado
1 day ago

Denver-based private school scholarship provider to expand to Houston, Wyoming

Denver-based ACE Scholarships operates in Colorado and three other states now and is set to grow with a new national team and into two other markets.

How I Teach

Colorado
3 days ago

This Denver teacher avoids lectures and worksheets. He wants students to ask the big questions.

A Denver world studies teacher shares tips for getting students to ask — and answer — big questions about complex issues.

getting to graduation

Colorado
4 days ago

How one high-poverty Jefferson County school saw a huge leap in its high school graduation rates

The graduation rate for students at Jefferson High School increased substantially in 2016.

a unifying force

Colorado
5 days ago

Meet the teacher who helped organize the Women’s March on Denver

Cheetah McClellan came to teaching later in life.

Rise & Shine

Early Education

year in review

Colorado
1 month ago

Colorado’s year in early childhood: Bright spots and persistent challenges

A look at Colorado’s biggest early childhood stories of 2016.

bang for your buck

Colorado
2 months ago

Investing early in quality child care for at-risk kids pays off big later, research finds

New research shows high-quality child care from birth to age five yields huge financial returns in the form of better education, health and job outcomes.

A push for change

Colorado
2 months ago

Plans for tackling Colorado’s early childhood suspension and expulsion problem coming into focus

A loose coalition of education, health and advocacy organizations discussed possible policy changes to prevent early childhood suspension and expulsion in Colorado.

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in their own words

National
3 hours ago

As crisis over Trump’s immigrant order mounts, what America’s teachers of refugee students want you to know

President Donald Trump signed an executive order late Friday that blocked refugees from coming into the U.S. for 120 days and bars refugees from Syria from entering indefinitely. The order — and subsequent detentions of refugees and other legal immigrants arriving in U.S. airports — prompted dramatic protests across the country and an emergency, late-night […]

Deflating data

Tennessee
1 day ago

One in three Tennessee graduates shouldn’t have received high school diploma, state says

The finding comes out of the State Department of Education’s first examination of high school graduation data.

your cheat sheet

National
5 days ago

Your Daily DeVos: Influence in the Sunshine State and resistance in the special-ed world

We’re here to help you keep up with the latest news about Betsy DeVos, Trump’s education secretary pick.