Ann Schimke

Ann Schimke

Senior Reporter, Chalkbeat Colorado

Ann Schimke covers early childhood issues for Chalkbeat Colorado. Her work has appeared in The Washington Post, The Atlantic, and the Denver Post. She holds a master’s degree in education policy from the University of Michigan. She joined Chalkbeat (then EdNews Colorado) in 2012. Email: aschimke@chalkbeat.org

‘The number of students became so big that I had to find new ways for them to get involved,’ said Stephen Paulson.

The request for a Supreme Court hearing comes about six weeks after a federal appeals court ruled against the Catholic preschools.

Alliance Defending Freedom approached a Colorado lawyer about starting a school in Colorado to spark a legal test of publicly funded religious education, according to an email authored by the lawyer.

A growing number of Colorado counties use lodging tax proceeds to fund affordable housing and child care for the local workforce.

Both sales tax increases will take effect in 2026.

Tuesday’s progressive school board wins coincide with a blue wave that boosted Democrats nationwide.

“We have also been working since July to get the zoning corrected and are optimistic that will happen soon,” said the school’s executive director.

Officials from the Denver area school that employed the teacher said she was authorized to work in the United States.

The school’s Christian affiliation was omitted or downplayed in documents submitted to the state, a BOCES, and a Pueblo area school district.