Health officials confirm first...

Aug 23, 2019 by

Health officials confirm first Colorado vaping lung illness case

State health officials on Thursday confirmed at least one person in Colorado has a severe lung illness that has been linked to...

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Douglas County school safety m...

Jul 17, 2019 by

Douglas County school safety money could go to mental health support

Standardizing school equipment and training also a priority Two committees presented more than a dozen ideas Tuesday for $10 million...

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East High School staffers, inc...

Apr 18, 2018 by

East High School staffers, including former principal, charged with failing to report to police sexual assault of student

The girl said she was bullied by other students after reporting the alleged assault to school administrators Denver prosecutors have...

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Stressed over schoolwork? Deuc...

Mar 31, 2018 by

Stressed over schoolwork? Deuce, the two-legged Chihuahua, is here to help students at SkyView Academy

The upcoming month at SkyView Academy will be daunting — standardized tests, essays, final exams, and the workload can be stressful...

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Colorado campaign finance laws...

Oct 11, 2017 by

Colorado campaign finance laws: School board race rule impacting 2018 contests

A new campaign finance law for Colorado school board races is causing headaches for candidates in the state’s top-line elections in...

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ADHD may be a type of sleep di...

Sep 21, 2017 by

ADHD may be a type of sleep disorder

What if, as a growing number of researchers are proposing, many kids today simply aren’t getting the sleep they need, leading to...

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Betsy DeVos says minimum progr...

Sep 13, 2017 by

Betsy DeVos says minimum progress for students with disabilities is “preposterous”

U.S. education secretary is on national tour of schools that are rethinking education U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, flanked...

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Jeffco schools to pay new supe...

May 17, 2017 by

Jeffco schools to pay new superintendent Jason Glass highest base salary in Colorado

Glass will earn a base salary of $265,000 annually GOLDEN — All five members of the Jefferson County Public Schools Board of...

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State should keep ‘common’ sta...

Mar 16, 2017 by

State should keep ‘common’ standards

The fight in Michigan over who should call the shots on education is on display in the Legislature. One prominent issue that...

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Jeffco schools to juggle prior...

Nov 20, 2016 by

Jeffco schools to juggle priorities in wake of funding defeat at ballot box

LAKEWOOD — The defeat of two ballot measures that would have raised more than half a billion dollars for the Jefferson County School...

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Colorado PARCC tests show conc...

Aug 14, 2016 by

Colorado PARCC tests show concerns in opt-outs, small gains in second year of scores

The battle over persuading older and, in particular, white Colorado students to take a slew of standardized tests at the end of the...

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Colorado board to vote on endi...

Aug 10, 2016 by

Colorado board to vote on ending diet-soda ban in high schools

A proposal to lift the seven-year ban on diet sodas in Colorado’s high schools would feed a variety of health problems among the...

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First look at Temple Grandin&#...

Apr 4, 2016 by

First look at Temple Grandin’s limited-edition inventor trading card

Call her a cattle calmer, animal-behavior professor and one of the most well-known faces of the autism world. As of Sunday, Temple...

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Rural Colorado district battle...

Apr 3, 2016 by

Rural Colorado district battles critics over allowing extracurricular literature at schools

It sounds like an April Fools’ joke, but it’s not. Atheists provided pamphlets on topics like sex in the Bible, problems...

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Funding’s impact on Denv...

Mar 3, 2016 by

Funding’s impact on Denver Public Schools art classes, and quality, unknown

Report finds disparities in quality and little information about school-level decisions By Yesenia Robles – Almost four years...

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Fewer Colorado graduates with ...

Feb 8, 2016 by

Fewer Colorado graduates with education degrees, again

The number of Colorado graduates completing an education degree dropped for the fifth consecutive year, according to the...

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Colorado’s new standardi...

Nov 13, 2015 by

Colorado’s new standardized math, English tests set benchmark

A first glimpse at state level results of Colorado’s math and English PARCC test show low performance, participation. Many...

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One step closer to PARCC tests...

Aug 3, 2015 by

One step closer to PARCC tests results as more states back out

All last week, educators from a dozen states crouched over computers and calculators in meeting rooms at a Denver hotel. They carried...

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Experts: Ruling against colleg...

Jul 16, 2015 by

Experts: Ruling against college seeks to protect accused

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A ruling by a judge that a California university unfairly punished a student for sexual misconduct sends a strong...

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