State Board of Education

Navarro flips 8th District seat on board of education, Democrats grasp on board loosened

Yazmin Navarro appears to have wrestled the 8th District seat on the State Board of Education away from Rhonda Solis, and with it loosened the Democratic Party’s grasp on the board.

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Retired teacher and State Board of Education candidate Sherri Wright appointed to fill vacancy

Sherri Wright, a retired teacher and former local school board member, will fill a vacancy representing Congressional District 3 on the Colorado State Board of Education. The seat was previously occupied by Stephen Varela, who resigned earlier this month.

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Voting guide: See the responses by State Board of Education candidates to questions

Four seats on Colorado’s nine-member State Board of Education are up for election on Nov. 5. The election is unlikely to change the board majority, which is currently held by Democrats, but it could narrow that majority and change the board’s dynamics.

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Candidates for Colorado Board of Education agree state falls short in education funding, teacher pay

While not all of the candidates running for a seat on the State Board of Education are in head-to-head matchups against each other heading into the November election, the seven candidates agree that not enough money is going toward funding public education in Colorado.

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Future of Colorado charter schools could be determined by Democratic primary for a State Board of Ed seat

Hundreds of thousands of dollars are being spent to affect the primary for a seat on the state Board of Education, a race that could determine the future of Colorado charter schools for years to come. 

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