Colorado school district considers bond measure, levy override for facility improvements and higher salaries
At the Future Forward Campus at Washington Square, students like senior Xitlaly Villalobos are sparking their creative side.
Education
Colorado’s Campaign Against Christians Continues
The state will provide preschool education only to children of parents who are happy to subject them to progressive ideology.
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In Lakewood, residents want closed Jefferson Co. school to be park or open space, but it’s for sale
One of Jefferson County’s closed schools is on the open market and those living nearby are fighting to keep the property as open space or even a park.
Despite going over budget last year, school lunches will still be free for Coloradans in 2024
Colorado is still offering free school meals this school year, even though the program has ended up costing more than state officials predicted.
Should Colorado’s constitution protect school choice? Voters will decide in November.
Colorado voters will decide whether they want to protect the right to school choice in the state constitution in November after a measure with that goal qualified for the ballot Friday.
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In Southwest Colorado, alliance of nine school districts finds staff, financial efficiencies, does more for students
For three dozen high schoolers, summer break in this southwest Colorado city kicked off with some rock climbing, mountain biking, and fly-fishing.
Study: In Colorado public schools, 1 in 4 students misses at least 10% of school days
More Colorado students regularly showed up to class last school year following record rates of absences during the pandemic, but attendance rates were still higher before COVID, data released Thursday morning by the Colorado Department of Education shows.
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As classroom cellphone disruptions increase, students and educators spar over bans in schools
In the last years of Jill Haffley’s teaching career, her lessons were increasingly punctuated by the buzz of a text message, sometimes even a “cacophony of noises” as students’ cellphones erupted with rings and dings.
Denver Schools students who commit murder could get five-day expulsion in new discipline matrix
Denver Public Schools officials on Thursday released the new discipline matrix used to address student misbehaviors that include a dozen new conduct categories, including students who commit or attempt murder.
Denver schools voters will be asked to decide whether to approve nearly $1 billion bond
The Denver Public Schools board voted unanimously on Thursday to send a $975 million bond measure before voters this fall.
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