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Uncertainty ahead for Job Corps, including center in Mesa County, with federal funding freeze

By Kiara DeMare

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Ballot measures funding ‘Healthy School Meals for All’ will head to voters in November

By Jenny Brundin

Nearly $2 million in CDOT’s Safe Routes to Schools funds will improve walkability in Cañon City and La Veta

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Two proposed ballot initiatives that restrict sports and surgeries for transgender youth move ahead

By Jenny Brundin

The University of Colorado at Colorado Springs campus,

More Coloradans who didn’t finish college are returning for credential

By Jenny Brundin

Trump department investigating Jeffco policy on overnight trip assignments for transgender students

A young girl with curly hair scoops soil into a white pot labeled Callie in red letters. An adult assists nearby. The scene is set in a classroom with an American flag and decorations in the background.

Eco-anxiety in little kids? These early childhood teachers are on the case

Warren Tech Firefighter Cadets CSI Students

Burning buildings, pig cadavers and a chance to solve a ‘crime’ — Warren Tech’s Fire Day gives students a unique way to learn

By Kiara DeMare

A bronze statue of a person on horseback stands on a stone pedestal at a street corner, with a red brick building and several cars at an intersection in the background.

Part of Boulder Street in downtown Colorado Springs closing for Palmer High School renovations

Three sets of students feet walking to class in a hallway.

Annual Colorado youth report shows improvements in mental health, early childhood education but more kids experiencing homelessness

A teenage girl holds out her hands with her fingers pinches together, making a hand gesture as she speaks in a classroom. The wall behind her says "Read" in giant letters.

Teens take a closer look at their cell phone use in a student-led Socratic Seminar — and they were alarmed into action

By Jenny Brundin

Backpacks like a first grade classroom at Goldrick Elementary.

Last of COVID money helps create child care seats in rural Colorado

Special Education Teacher And Students

The state desperately needs special education teachers. This Cañon City teacher answered the call after 22 years as an aide

By Jenny Brundin

In the foreground, three baskets on top of a brown bookshelf. In the background blurred slightly is a classroom with desks, chairs, and a woman standing near open windows with light coming in.

Conservative parent groups sue Colorado over transgender rights law

bus aide seen on camera about to hit/ hitting a special needs student

Poudre School District settles with families over bus aide’s abuse of students with disabilities

By Jenny Brundin

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