- In our series “Following Trevista” CPR's Education Reporter Jenny Brundin has spent the past year tracking Denver's troubled Trevista K-8 school as it goes through the federally-funded "turnaround" process.
- In our series Following Trevista, CPR's Education Reporter Jenny Brundin has spent the past year tracking Denver's troubled Trevista K-8 school as it goes through the federally-funded "turnaround" process.
- Here is a transcript of CPR education reporter Jenny Brundin’s story: Reporter Jenny Brundin: This teacher – young and energetic, passionate about teaching – fondly recalls her school two years ago.
- Trying to keep track of all the new laws that came out of the legislature this last session… could quickly start to feel like that famous chocolate factory scene from “I Love Lucy.” For those who missed it, Lucy and Ethel simply can’t keep up with wrapping the chocolates on the assembly line.
- In our series Losing Ground, we’ve been reporting on the ways blacks and Latinos are worse off than whites, according to the latest census data. One example – college education.
- For many low-income students becoming the first in their family to go to college can be a herculean task. Especially if you are black or Latino, as we’ve reported in our series Losing Ground. These groups simply fall way behind whites when it comes to going to college.
- Public schools in Denver and Aurora are largely failing to prepare kids for college. A new report from the watchdog group A+ Denver shows more students are graduating from those high schools and going to college. But it found many students don’t get degrees because they’re not ready for college-level work.
- In classrooms, it’s common for teachers to group kids according to their abilities– for instance, their reading levels. That’s according to a new study, which also points out that the practice is controversial. Host Ryan Warner talks with CPR’s education reporter, Jenny Brundin, about it.
- Download this story School lunch is often synonymous with loud noise. Studies have shown the decibel level in some cafeterias is as high as a lawnmower! Every so often, though, students at Alice Terry Elementary southwest of Denver trade talking for live music.
- How a child does in school depends on a lot of things that happen long before the first day of school. New research looks at how stress at home in a child’s earliest years affects learning.
- Taylor Lobato speaks with reporters after Supreme Court hearing in Lobato Versus The State of Colorado. Are Colorado’s kids getting the kind of education required by the state constitution?
- The Colorado Supreme Court hears a case tomorrow that will determine whether the state has to come up with a lot more money to fund schools – in the billions. The lawsuit, Lobato versus the state of Colorado, charges that education funding here favors richer communities, leaving students in poor communities far behind.
- The first overhaul of Colorado’s school finance system in 20 years is generating lots of questions from school officials. The bill would inject more money into public schools- if voters approve a tax increase – and it would target more support to students with the highest needs.
- Here is a transcript of CPR education reporter Jenny Brundin’s story: Reporter Jenny Brundin: The people putting this plan for funding schools together have spent countless hours hammering out tons of details. But you and I, we’re going to go through the highlights in about 7 minutes.
- Here is a transcript of CPR’s education reporter Jenny Brundin reports. Reporter Jenny Brundin: Every morning Todd Matuszewicz watches his 4th grade class file into Room 4. He pays close attention to the ebbs and flows of their energy, their moods. Todd Matuszewicz: Monday mornings were always the hardest.
- Rocky Mountain High School river watchers [Photo: Alliance for Sustainable Colorado] Managing a greenhouse. Monitoring solar panels. Learning to fly fish. Those are examples of how a handful of Colorado schools teach environmental education.
