- The severe shortage of workers is crippling school cafeterias and other areas critical to operating schools. So now support professionals are asking for a $3 per hour wage boost to help stem the flow of workers leaving their jobs.
- A 10-week, facilitated, virtual exchange program connects youth ages 14-17 in Colorado with those in the Middle East and North Africa. The goal is to create mutual understanding between them, and try to solve some problems along the way.
- A turbulent pandemic school year stoked anger in many parents about mask mandates and what they believe is being taught in classrooms and fueled a different kind of school board election.
- Supporters of a proposal that would have raised more than $150 million in increased cannabis taxes for out-of-school learning opportunities for low-income children have conceded defeat of the measure, Proposition 119.
- As Colorado prepares to distribute the 171,000 doses it received in the initial allocation for 5 to 11 year-olds, parents and kids share their thoughts about whether they plan to get the vaccine.
- The campuses are the first research universities in the state to be recognized as "Hispanic-Serving Institutions." They join a handful of other colleges in the state with the honor.
- The district says without being able to implement COVID health precautions, it is powerless to protect others if students or staff come to school knowing they have been exposed to COVID-19.
- Several national hot-button issues like mask-wearing and what's taught — or not — in curriculum have pushed angry parents to try to “take back” their school boards. Many don’t have much school experience.
- Public affairs editor Megan Verlee explains Amendment 78 and Proposition 120 on this year’s statewide ballot and public affairs reporter Bente Birkeland and education reporter Jenny Brundin explain Proposition 119.
- Wealthier families often spend a good amount of money on their kids outside of school. A statewide ballot measure that voters will decide on this year would give lower income families money to help with those activities, but some say the way the state would raise the money to do that is unfair and others question how the money will be used.
- State education officials are busy making a new plan to open a state Department of Early Childhood. They hope to make it easier for parents to understand what support is out there for them, and to implement a new universal Pre-K program.
- The $26 million gift from James C. Kennedy, who is chairman of the board for Cox Enterprises, is being used to buy 724 acres of land formerly owned by the Girl Scouts of Colorado near Red Feather Lakes.
- There's just one statewide requirement for students to graduate high school in Colorado: To learn about the history, culture and social contributions of Indigenous, Black, and Latino people. Some say the students aren't getting that education.
- The U.S. Department of Education recently named the Christian high school in Highlands Ranch one of six National Blue Ribbon Schools in Colorado — praised for their "vibrant, welcoming, and affirming school cultures." But some students and staff say the culture at Valor is one of exclusion of LGBTQ+ people.
- A lot of state and federal dollars are tied to the free and reduced meal counts. But there are other benefits too.
- When some Colorado school districts create equity policies and practices, they face pushback from a small, but vocal, group of community residents and parents.
