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- Thornton charter school now provides buses for summer school
- Jun 14, 12:41 PM: She hopes it can be made up during a 4-week summer school session. But, in years past, Ross said many students could not attend summer school because they couldn't get there.
- Editorial: A new super for a dysfunctional school board
- Jun 2, 6:13 AM: Moreover, the district where he is taking the reins has in its own right been one of the most reform minded and charter friendly. Yet, the teachers union-backed board majority that took control in 2019, ran off his popular >
- Column: We had a year to experiment with online learning. What did we learn?
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Jun 1, 6:25 AM:
The district’s first full-time virtual school, Highline Virtual Academy, is scheduled to open this fall as an all-remote option for middle and high schoolers who want to spend traditional school hours working or helping support >
- Is remote learning here to stay? Many, but not all, Colorado schools will offer online classes this fall.
- Jun 1, 5:25 AM: More than 700 Jeffco Public Schools students are enrolled in the district’s new online program for next year, while some rural schools are prioritizing in-person learning.
- Colorado bill to expand school district power to reject charters fails
- May 28, 5:49 AM: Colorado lawmakers rejected a bill Thursday that would have made it easier for school boards to turn down new charter schools after more than four hours of emotional testimony, much of it from charter school families who felt the >
- Colorado Pediatricians Call 'State of Emergency' on Children's Mental Health for First Time
- May 27, 8:15 AM: The COVID-19 pandemic is believed to be at least in part responsible for the spike. Children who had already been suffering from mild forms of depression or anxiety have seen their conditions exacerbated by stress and isolation >
- Mountain House Academy to offer nontraditional, Christian education
- May 25, 8:40 AM: Class sizes will also intentionally be kept small in an attempt to individualize learning for the students, Bull said. For its first year, Mountain House Academy plans to have two pods, one for junior kindergarten through second >
- Tuition-free public school opening to bring STEM literacy, dual enrollment opportunities to 11th, 12th graders
- May 21, 8:53 AM: A tuition-free public school for eleventh and twelfth graders that emphasizes STEM literacy, critical thinking, and dual enrollment classes is opening in Colorado Springs. Ascend College Prep is a newly approved high school that >
- Opinion: Legislation launches attack on charter schools
- May 13, 1:20 PM: A bill recently introduced by state Rep. Jennifer Bacon (D-Denver) and state Sen. Tammy Story (D-Conifer) is a misguided attack on both school choice and the Colorado State Board of Education.
- Opinion: Colorado lawmakers should reject a charter-school bill that deprioritizes kids
- May 11, 6:15 AM: Public charter schools have been a lifeline for many students and families. We must continue to keep children at the forefront of education.
- Commentary: A full-frontal assault on Colorado’s charter schools
- May 10, 7:45 AM: A bill introduced in the Colorado legislature by State Rep. and Denver school board member Jennifer Bacon represents a blatant attempt to strip the State Board of Education of its authority to prevent local school boards hostile to >
- Bill would give Colorado school districts more authority to reject charter schools
- May 7, 5:59 AM: A bill introduced in the Colorado legislature would grant school districts broad discretion to turn down charter school applications if opening a new school would negatively affect long-range plans, enrollment, or district >
- Denver school choice: How many students were accepted and waitlisted at each school in 2021
- May 5, 5:16 AM: In the midst of a pandemic, more than 23,500 Denver families filled out school choice applications in January and February. That’s about 2,800 fewer families than last year, a 10.6% decline, with the biggest drops at the preschool >
- Colorado education interests spend millions on lobbying. Most of it goes toward retaining, gaining funding.
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May 3, 7:58 AM:
Education interests spent more than $20.5 million to lobby state government from July 2015 through March this year. About half of that came from public universities, school districts and other government education entities >
- Local districts see rise in online enrollment, expand options for next school year
- Apr 30, 6:03 AM: With the school year coming to an end, it's now time for parents to start making decisions for next year. Open enrollment has just started for most districts, but some are already seeing an increase in online learning >
- Local schools getting millions in aid; here’s how they’ll spend it
- Apr 28, 6:25 AM: School districts across Southwest Colorado are set to receive hefty chunks of federal dollars in the latest round of coronavirus relief aid, leaving administrators with big decisions about how to spend the money.
- Private schools see increased interest from parents amid pandemic
- Apr 23, 5:54 AM: As the school year wraps up, parents make decisions on where their child might go to school next year. Education leaders are seeing an increasing interest in private schools.
- Colorado lawmakers are creating a fund to raise teacher pay.
- Mar 30, 7:12 AM: Think of it like a pressure point for state lawmakers, who no longer will be able to solely blame districts for teacher pay if Senate Bill 172 passes
- No longer fertile ground: Why the outlook for charter schools in Denver is changing
- Mar 24, 7:30 AM: The Denver school district once represented fertile ground for charter schools. But shifting politics and declining enrollment mean Colorado’s largest school district is becoming less friendly territory for the independent public >
- Opinion: Colorado charter schools stand out during a hard year for public education
- Mar 19, 5:36 AM: The pandemic has caused many of our state’s students to regress. Innovative programs like the ones our charter schools have proposed can be an important step to mitigating that impact.
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