TABOR Distorts Tax Burdens, To Wealthy School Districts’ Advantage, Study Finds
TABOR imposes complicated limits on residential property taxes, which results in some property-rich school districts having very low tax levies.
Report Shows Racial Divide Among Colorado Kids’ School Attendance
Nineteen percent of white 4th graders were absent three days or more in the month prior to national tests. That compares to 32 percent of Colorado’s black fourth graders.
Colorado ACT Scores Improve Slightly
In 2015, 26 percent of Colorado high school graduates met college readiness benchmarks.
Denver Council To Decide On College Scholarship Fund
The measure would be paid for by a small sales tax increase — 8 cents on every $100 spent.
Cheltenham Elementary Principal Resigns Following Parent Protests
Dozens of parents of students at Denver’s Cheltenham Elementary are demanding the removal of the principal for alleged racist behavior.
CU Boulder Pell Grant Students Graduate Less Often Than National Average
Only 63 percent of Pell recipients graduate within six years at the school. That was slightly below the national average of a 66 percent graduation rate.
Aurora Central High, A Refugee Haven, Quickens Search For Success
The district’s oldest high school will undergo big changes next year if it doesn’t improve its low test scores and graduation rates.
State Education Dept. Drafts New Student Data Privacy Rules
After the Legislature failed earlier this year to reach an agreement on public school student privacy measures, state education officials are hatching their own plan that they intend to present to the state […]
At This Boulder Summer Camp, Kids Trade Swimming For Science
In one Boulder summer camp, the kids mimic sophisticated scientific research typically carried out by grad students.
Union Access To New Teachers Treated Differently In Denver, Aurora
Members of the Denver teachers union say they are being shut out of the district’s new teacher orientation this week, hurting the association’s membership drive.
Colorado Student Test Scores Come In Low, As Expected
Low scores were expected because it’s only the second time students have taken the Colorado Measures of Academic Success, or CMAS, exam.
State Committee On School Violence Cites Lack Of Mental Health Resources
The committee will provide ideas for legislation next year.
Hundreds in JeffCo Kick Off Recall Effort Against Conservative School Board Members
For each school board member that the ralliers want to recall, 15,000 signatures must be collected.
Purge High School Discipline Records, Group Asks DPS
Disciplinary records can hurt students’ chances of getting into college, says Padres & Jóvenes Unidos.
Denver Public Schools Say They Need Voters To Approve More Funds
Denver Public Schools is the fastest growing urban district in the country. It expects to add nearly 5,000 students by 2020.
Denver Student’s Experiment: Is School The Most Efficient Way To Learn?
After a few months teaching himself outside of school, 16-year-old Nick Bain says he’s discovered that learning won’t end when school does.