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Board of Education clash over science standards reveals how politics steers Colorado classrooms on climate change
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Board of Education clash over science standards reveals how politics steers Colorado classrooms on climate change

By Cory Gaines | Commentary, Colorado Accountability Project Politicizing climate change Let me start with a quote from the CPR article linked at bottom. The article is about how the Colorado State Board of Education recently amended science standards. "The board’s lengthy discussion reflects how a topic the scientific community agrees on — that human activities cause global warming — can become political outside of scientific circles." The article then proceeds to detail how conservative/Republican members of the Board of Ed sought amendments to some of the science standards around global warming. There is, conversely, little to nothing about the liberal/Democratic board members, save for some snappy comebacks included by CPR's Brundin. As for the Republican members, th...
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Colorado State Board of Ed opens remote testimony: Parents urged to speak up
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Colorado State Board of Ed opens remote testimony: Parents urged to speak up

By Scott K. James | Commentary, ScottKJames.com Colorado’s State Board of Education just made it easier to give public comment. Remote testimony is live – no excuses, no pants required, just show up and speak out. In a move so uncharacteristically efficient it might give some people whiplash, the Colorado State Board of Education has overhauled its public comment process to include remote participation. That’s right, no more schlepping to Denver or arranging your entire week around a three-minute mic drop. Whether you want to go full mom-rage or teacher-sass, now you can do it straight from your kitchen table. Public comments can now be made in-person or virtually using Microsoft Teams – no downloads, no fuss, and no excuses. This isn’t just a footnote buried in bureaucr...
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Colorado refuses to certify DEI removal order, risks $800M in school funds
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Colorado refuses to certify DEI removal order, risks $800M in school funds

By Melanie Asmar | Chalkbeat Colorado Colorado will refuse a demand from the Trump administration to certify that its schools have eliminated what the federal government says are illegal diversity, equity, and inclusion programs, state Commissioner of Education Susana Córdova said Thursday. “I am not signing that,” Córdova said. “I am not asking our districts to sign that.” However, Córdova told the State Board of Education she will sign a new assurance that the state is in compliance with Title VI, which bans discrimination on the basis of race, “so that my name, in addition to the department’s previous commissioner who signed our previous assurance, is on file and on record to be able to indicate that we are fully enforcing Title VI.” The U.S. Department of Educatio...
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Navarro flips 8th District seat on board of education, Democrats grasp on board loosened
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Navarro flips 8th District seat on board of education, Democrats grasp on board loosened

By BRIAN PORTER | Rocky Mountain Voice 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. The State Board of Education is comprised of one elected member from each U.S. House district in Colorado -- there are eight -- and one at-large seat. Republicans entered Election Night needing to defend two of the three seats it held and flip the 8th District seat. The 2nd District seat was uncontested by Republicans. Navarro, who ran on a platform of restoring education as a keystone in the success of young Coloradans, earned 51.0% of the 233,696 votes cast in the 8th District, defeating Democrat Rhonda Solis who had 49.0%, according to results Wednesday, Nov. 6...
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Retired teacher and State Board of Education candidate Sherri Wright appointed to fill vacancy
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Retired teacher and State Board of Education candidate Sherri Wright appointed to fill vacancy

By Melanie Asmar | Chalkbeat Colorado 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. Wright, a Republican from Cortez, is one of two candidates running for election for the seat on Nov. 5. The other candidate is Democrat Ellen Angeles. Wright, 71, was appointed to fill the vacancy by a Republican Party committee. She was sworn in Monday and will serve until Jan. 8, 2025, when whoever is elected will assume the seat. READ THE FULL STORY AT CHALKBEAT COLORADO
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Voting guide: See the responses by State Board of Education candidates to questions
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Voting guide: See the responses by State Board of Education candidates to questions

By Melanie Asmar | Chalkbeat Colorado 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. The State Board of Education holds schools and school districts accountable for student test scores, hears appeals when school districts reject charter school applications, and sets standards for what students should learn and what schools should teach. One at-large seat on the board represents the entire state. The other eight seats represent Colorado’s eight congressional districts. The seats representing Congressional Districts 2, 3, 4, and 8 are up for election this year. The ...
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Sherri Wright’s journey from cultivating fields to children lends to candidacy for state board of education
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Sherri Wright’s journey from cultivating fields to children lends to candidacy for state board of education

By Jen Schumann | Contributor, Rocky Mountain Voice Sherri Wright is as rooted in Colorado soil as the hay she grows on her 300-acre farm. Instead of her fields, she's been cultivating her 3rd District campaign for a seat on Colorado's State Board of Education. She's spent the last six weeks crisscrossing the district, racking up more than 5,000 miles on her truck. From the Four Corners to the Wyoming state line, Wright is dedicated to meeting with voters and sharing her vision for the future of Colorado’s schools. "Today, I’m up here instead of working my fields,” Wright said during a recent candidate forum in Delta County. "But the situation in our schools requires our attention. So, all I need from you is a heads up and I will show up for our families." With more than 40 ...
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In run for state board of education, Yazmin Navarro calls for more voter interaction, education and assistance
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In run for state board of education, Yazmin Navarro calls for more voter interaction, education and assistance

By BRIAN PORTER | Rocky Mountain Voice As the wife of a U.S. Marine and a mother, Yazmin Navarro experienced education models in America and abroad. Those varied experiences as a student and parent, working with at-risk youth and an upbringing with "education at forefront for success" are among the reasons Navarro chose to seek election in Colorado's 8th District to the state board of education. Navarro, the Republican nominee, is being opposed on the general election ballot by Democrat Rhonda Solis. The campaign trail has led Navarro to draw some conclusions which she shared Monday, Sept. 23, on a grassroots call headed by former Sen. Kevin Lundberg. "I'm seeing [Democrats] out there registering voters," Navarro said. "Why can't Republicans do more of that? I want to see us ou...
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Candidates for Colorado Board of Education agree state falls short in education funding, teacher pay
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Candidates for Colorado Board of Education agree state falls short in education funding, teacher pay

By Thelma Grimes | Colorado Politics 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. Bluntly putting it, Democratic candidate Kathy Gebhardt said, “I can’t think of any place that it’s not failing” when it comes to the state’s public education funding. Starting with operations, Gebhardt, who is running unopposed in District 2, said teachers need to be paid adequate salaries, which creates teacher shortages. While some lawmakers have paid more attention to special education programs, which are seeing more funding, the money remains insufficient, she said.  READ...
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Future of Colorado charter schools could be determined by Democratic primary for a State Board of Ed seat
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Future of Colorado charter schools could be determined by Democratic primary for a State Board of Ed seat

By Sandra Fish and Erica Breunlin | The Colorado Sun 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.  What’s at stake is the panel’s willingness to overturn local districts when they reject a charter school’s application.  Nearly $685,000 from Progressives Supporting Teachers and Students, a pro-charter school state-level super PAC, has poured into the contest in the 2nd Congressional District to support education consultant Marisol Lynda Rodriguez in her bid against former Boulder Valley School Board President Kathy Gebhardt. Board members are elected to six-year terms in each of the state’s eight congressional distr...
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