Colorado schools are trying to find the right equation to solve low math scores. One answer: high-dosage tutoring
This kind of tutoring happens frequently during the school day in small groups, using a high-quality curriculum with experienced tutors.
$20 million from Juul lawsuit will support youth mental health through schools
“Kids are suffering… This opportunity is meant to catalyze critical action to help our kids.”
CU will use geothermal power on campus — as a test — on its way to zero emissions
Using geothermal power on campus’ could cut carbon – and tuition.
From starting high school on a basement couch to rising ‘like a phoenix’: The Class of 2024
CPR News spoke with some Colorado students on what it was like starting high school during the COVID-19 pandemic, and how that experience shaped them.
Catholic couple wants Denver Archdiocese to drop lawsuit seeking right to block LGBTQ families from enrolling in state-funded preschool
The lawsuit effectively aims to stop the state from keeping Catholic preschools that want to block LGBTQ families out of the state’s universal pre-K program.
Graduates in mental health fields face barriers to filling critical shortages. A new MSU program aims to change that
One study estimates 57 percent of graduates with master’s in mental health fields don’t go on to complete licensure because of cost and state requirements.
A youth corps will deploy in Colorado this fall to help teens struggling with mental health
The Youth Mental Health Corps will address the growing mental health needs of youth while helping create career pathways to address the national shortage of mental health professionals.
70 years after Brown v. Board of Education, segregation has increased within the last three decades in Colorado schools
A new report shows economic and racial segregation in Colorado schools has increased. And in some cases at a faster rate than the national average.
Many southern Colorado students don’t have access to computer science classes, one Pueblo JROTC leader is trying to change that
While half of all schools in the state do not offer any computer sciences, Major John Freeburg holds classes outside of school hours to help spark interest and fill high-paying cybersecurity jobs.
Jeffco school district bus drivers, cafeteria workers and classroom aides rally over school staffing and safety
The union of support staff and the state’s second-largest school district await mediation in their stalled contract negotiations.
Douglas County High School backtracks, moves graduation from Air Force Academy after worries over undocumented students
Some students and their families who are undocumented would not have been able to attend the ceremony because they either didn’t meet the requirements to get on Air Force Academy grounds or were too afraid to hand documents to the U.S. military.
Douglas County High School moved their graduation to the Air Force Academy. Now undocumented students could be shut out
The decision by Douglas County High School to host graduation this year at the U.S. Air Force Academy could mean some seniors won’t be able to attend the ceremony due to their immigration status.
Colorado educators say their schools are good places to work, but they don’t have enough time to do their jobs
Survey asks 46,000 teachers and support staff about class size, substitute availability, student behavior
School districts’ case against Colorado’s universal preschool and its matching process awaits ruling
Denver district judge to decide whether to dismiss the case that claims Colorado’s control over enrollment and placement decisions left families in limbo.
There are more women in CU Boulder’s class of freshman engineering students than anywhere else in the US
It’s taken a lot of work, but this year’s freshman class of engineering students is 41 percent women.
Will there be another ballot measure to save Colorado’s free school meals program? Probably not.
Supporters of the Healthy School Meals for All program had their hopes pinned on the legislature to refer a measure to the ballot.