Colorado has the fifth highest rate of students who miss a lot of school. Districts rally to improve but need help
National researchers call the issue of chronic absenteeism a “crisis” because of the link between skipping school and not graduating.
Colorado students filed highest number of reports in Safe2Tell’s history in 2023-24
Safe2Tell saw more concerns about suicide, bullying, and issues with schools and home life last school year than ever before.
Is the four-day school week in many Colorado school districts helping students and teachers?
A new report states four-day school weeks in Colorado doesn’t provide a net benefit to the state’s public-school students, and doesn’t achieve a main goal of boosting teacher recruitment and retention.
Castle Rock Middle School discrimination lawsuit can go on with principal as defendant, federal judge rules
Families allege that their Castle Rock Middle School principal knew about racism and bullying their Black and biracial students faced, and did nothing about it — in violation of civil rights law.
Colorado schools have AI roadmap to guide students and teachers into brave new world
The Colorado Education Initiative released its new set of guidelines to help integrate AI into education policy and curriculums.
Colorado was the Carnation Capital of the World … until it wasn’t
However, the Centennial State no longer holds that title. Colorado Wonders looked into what changed.
Proposed ballot measure would create a position to ease pet care shortages and costs, but it faces opposition from veterinarian groups
Initiative 145 would make a new mid-level position between a veterinarian and a vet tech. Opponents call the concept “reckless.”
Judge says Colorado Springs area school district violated federal law over special education student’s care
Under the ruling, Academy 20 has to offer homebound education and services to a child with spina bifida and other disabilities.
New, open-source science curriculum out of CU has high school students learning through real-world situations and puzzles
Teachers across the country now have free, open-source access to a new series of science curricula called OpenSciEd High School that is focused instead on the driving questions critical and relevant to the lives of young people.
Colorado is the fifth most expensive state for child care. Advocates launch a campaign for why a collective approach is needed
With adequate infant and toddler care, the state’s economy would have nearly $3 billion more, according to a recent study.
Colorado’s outdoor preschools trade chalkboards and desks for crawdads and mud
A new state law will allow nature preschools to get a license customized to the unique needs of operating a school outdoors.
Judge dismisses universal preschool lawsuit against state saying school districts should address concerns through policies
In a separate case, two Catholic parishes have appealed a federal court decision that stopped short of allowing them to reject LGBTQ families from enrolling in their UPK programs.
Book bans a form of political action rather than censorship and mainly targeting women of color say CU researchers
The vast majority of the bans followed larger debates about how history should be taught and the inclusion of LGBTQ+ perspectives in school curricula.
$6B budget for the University of Colorado includes raises, smaller-than-expected tuition hike
Tuition for in-state students will go up 3 percent, and faculty and staff will get a 3 percent raise.
In Democratic CU Regents primary, Elliot Hood comes out on top
Hood’s race against Charles “CJ” Johnson was the only statewide race on primary ballots this year.
State Board of Education winners: Longtime Boulder school board member beats well-funded opponent
Democrat Kathy Gebhardt wing in the 2nd District race, while Republican Kristi Burton Brown is ahead in that party’s primary in the 4th District.
