Colorado education officials’ ‘wildly important goals’ include cutting absenteeism, boosting reading
The goals are ambitious and meant to address some of the 880,000-student system’s thorniest challenges.
Boosting enrollment in the state-funded preschool program is one of Colorado’s key goals.
The state approved 85 requests to reconsider ratings from schools and districts this year.
About 6,000 students in Jeffco lost Medicaid, which had automatically qualified them as at-risk students.
The Aurora school board will vote on the recommendation Dec. 17. The district’s comprehensive high schools have been trying out the materials since August.
Colorado education officials’ ‘wildly important goals’ include cutting absenteeism, boosting reading
The goals are ambitious and meant to address some of the 880,000-student system’s thorniest challenges.
Boosting enrollment in the state-funded preschool program is one of Colorado’s key goals.
El consejo escolar de Aurora votará sobre la recomendación el 17 de diciembre. Las high schools integrales en el distrito han estado probando los materiales desde agosto.
The state approved 85 requests to reconsider ratings from schools and districts this year.
The Aurora school board will vote on the recommendation Dec. 17. The district’s comprehensive high schools have been trying out the materials since August.
About 6,000 students in Jeffco lost Medicaid, which had automatically qualified them as at-risk students.
The recommendation to change ASCENT is one of several about college and career offerings from a consulting firm commissioned by state lawmakers to study the issue.
A new Complete College America report shows why colleges and universities can help students achieve greater economic success, which in turn can lead to greater engagement in public life.
Colorado is one of several states to offer free school meals to all students.
Denver students from middle- and higher-income families have more than caught up on reading and writing. Students from low-income families have not.
Un distrito pedia que el estado no cuente los resultados de la prueba en las evaluaciones de los distritos por al menos un año.
The group wants to prioritize rural districts that often struggle to generate much funding from voter-approved mill levy overrides.
The five teachers were randomly selected from 140 applicants.
Colorado colleges and universities will follow a similar blueprint to 2016 in aiding immigrant students on campus.
The move is meant to address declining enrollment.
Preparan platillos como el pozole, boloñesa de bisonte, pollo al sésamo con naranja, hamburguesas y sándwiches vietnamitas de bánh mì.
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Denver Public Schools said any closed schools would be repurposed with input from the community — and not sold.
Estudiantes abandonaron sus clases el viernes y marcharon hacia la oficina central de las Escuelas Públicas de Denver.
Along with dozens of AI apps designed for educators, there’s a flood of conferences, training, and webinars on the topic.
Three days before Denver school closure vote, parents and students plead with school board to say no
They described the proposed closures as “illogical,” “unethical,” “half-baked,” “discriminatory,” and “classist.”
Students at STEAD School in Commerce City make everything from bison Bolognese to Vietnamese bánh mì sandwiches.
Students walked out of class Friday and marched to Denver Public Schools headquarters, where they chanted, “Keep your hands! Off our school!”
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One superintendent wanted Colorado to remove the test scores from school ratings for a year.
The district hadn’t passed a tax measure since 2006.
State officials warned, however, that Colorado’s dire budget outlook could limit money for dyslexia support.
Muchas de las medidas electorales exitosas este año no requerían un impuesto a la propiedad nuevo o más alto.
Some recommendations would require legislative changes.
The $975 million bond ask was the largest in the district’s history.
Superintendent Alex Marrero has recommended closing 10 schools due to declining enrollment.
The district asked voters to approve two school funding measures.
Many of the measures that were successful did not require a tax increase, according to unofficial election results.
Four seats on the nine-member board were up for grabs.
The school board is set to vote on the recommendations on Nov. 21.
Amendment 80 proposed to enshrine school choice in the Colorado Constitution.
Los resultados electorales más observados fueron los de la Enmienda 80 para agregar la elección libre de una escuela en la constitución, la cual no obtuvo suficiente apoyo.