College tuition burden in Colorado is 25 percent above national average, report says
Tuition dollars make up about 72.9 percent of the cost of a Colorado college education, which is the fourth highest percentage in the nation.
After hours of testimony, two testing bills advance at Colorado Capitol
The Senate Education Committee passed two bills aimed at addressing a public backlash against statewide testing.
Attorney General says parents’ OK not needed for student health survey
The biennial survey that asks students a range of questions about sex, drugs, physical health and suicide has stirred controversy.
Standardized test bills struggle to catch on at Colorado Capitol
A bill was delayed that would eliminate state tests in 11th and 12th grades and make ninth grade tests optional.
Colorado legislators advance bill to shield schools from opt-out penalties
Currently, if 95 percent of students don’t participate in state testing, schools, districts and teachers can face sanctions.
More than 500,000 Colorado students wrap up first part of new state PARCC tests
Final participation rates will be available in August — students begin taking a second round of PARCC tests in May.
Labor groups pushing DPS to escape financial deal gone wrong
Denver Public Schools has paid millions as result of its involvement in complex derivative swaps that went bad in the financial crisis.
Bill to protect schools from testing opt-out penalties advances
Currently, if 95 percent of students don’t participate in state testing, schools, districts and teachers can face sanctions.
Students are ‘more than a score’ protesters say at anti-testing Capitol rally
About 150 teachers and students rallied at the state Capitol Wednesday calling for fewer standardized tests.
Denver teachers union survey puts spotlight on student discipline issues
A third of Denver teachers surveyed about behavior issues in class say they don’t feel safe in their own schools, but the district’s Superintendent calls the survey “unrealiable.”
State test ‘opt out’ bill headed to lawmakers
The bill would also bar the state from penalizing school districts that fail to get 95 percent of all students participating on tests.
Rural Colorado takes Common Core math out of the classroom and to the fields
An agriculture education teacher in rural Oak Creek, Colo. teamed up with a math teacher to have students build something to help cows and horses at supper time.
Colorado student survey on drugs, sex, other health issues causes stir
An anonymous health survey Colorado adolescents have taken since 1991 is suddenly stirring controversy.
State school board delays telling schools whether they can opt out of tests
State school board members haven’t decided whether to allow school districts to opt out of new state standardized tests, even though they know waivers would be illegal.
Q & A: Taking the PARCC: What is it and how is it different from old tests?
Hundreds of thousands of Colorado school children are logging in over the next few weeks to take the new state standardized math and language tests called PARCC.
In Steamboat Springs, PARCC was the test pendulum that swung too far
This week, Colorado school children are taking the first-ever statewide online tests for grades 3-11. It’s called PARCC. And it’s at the center of a fight.
