7 ways to talk with your teens about marijuana
With Colorado legalizing marijuana, parents’ conversations with kids about the drug are more challenging.
Addicted teen struggles to break marijuana habit
A 17-year-old Adams City High senior is trying to quit her heavy pot habit in a groundbreaking treatment program adapted for schools.
For marijuana-addicted teens, one Colorado school is trying a groundbreaking approach
A new treatment program at Adams City High in Commerce City is helping students who are addicted to marijuana kick the habit.
Marijuana legalization makes tough conversations harder for teens
A massive effort has focused on setting up a system for Coloradans to legally obtain marijuana, but parents are struggling with how to keep their children away from it in the absence of a public health campaign.
Colorado Supreme Court to hear Douglas County school voucher case
The voucher program would allow 500 county students to get assistance to attend private and parochial schools.
How sunshine and soda cans help a Denver community cut heating bills
Metro State engineering students ran into skepticism when they designed the solar furnaces costing less than $50. Now they’re winning converts.
Race matters in the classroom: Why are all my teachers white?
Experts say it’s important for students of all races to have teachers of color throughout their school years, but that’s getting harder and harder.
How one Denver teacher uses the ‘4 Rs’ to connect with kids of color
The method is called culturally-responsive teaching and is comprised of four elements: Building relationships, promoting resilience and making lessons rigorous and relevant.
Teachers undo personal biases to help students of color engage
While no one thinks teachers are knowingly treating minority students differently, researchers are finding more and more evidence that subtle differences add up.
Why Race Matters in Classrooms: Teaching Colorado’s students of color
This series is another installment in our ongoing exploration of the achievement gap between students of color and their peers.
Teachers union files lawsuit over job losses
Colorado largest teachers’ union says Denver Public Schools is using a new law to unfairly force experienced teachers out of the classroom.
Building human models out of clay provides deeper anatomy learning experience
Alternatives to dissection, like clay models, are growing in popularity in high school and college anatomy classes.
Manual High School failing again despite DPS overhaul efforts
Seven years after Denver Public Schools dramatically closed the school and promised to remake it into a premier high school, the campus is failing again.
School districts not getting money for thousands of English-language learners
Colorado’s public schools have 2,000 more English-language learners compared to last year but districts are not getting money for nearly three-quarters of those students.
Denver ‘innovation’ schools show mixed results
Final report finds experimental public schools have higher levels of academic growth but number of students performing at grade level was below average.
Q&A: What happens when an American teacher works at a school in Finland
In Colorado Matters’ monthly education roundup, learn about what’s it like inside a Finnish classroom and the challenges of building a school from scratch.