- Despite overwhelming obstacles, Colorado’s second largest school district, has taken a careful and methodical approach to planning for that first day of school — from who will take a student’s temperature before they walk into the building — to how teachers will be trained on new digital platforms in the event remote learning continues.
- Colorado is making progress in getting children into preschool, but the state still enrolls only a quarter of all 4-year-olds. That’s far below the national average, according to the National Institute for Early Education Research. The institute’s new State of Preschool 2019 report finds Colorado increased enrollment by almost 500 children to 22,000 children in 2018-19.