Colorado Department of Education

Colo. Schools Get A Report Card -- Did Yours Make The Grade?

Posted 12.12.2011

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A new website premiering today endeavors to make education performance in Colorado public schools more transparent and understandable for parents and ...

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LIVEBLOG: Lobato v. State Of Colorado - Closing Arguments

The Huffington Post | Andrea Rael | Posted 10.17.2011

Read More: Colorado Board of Education, Colorado Department of Education, Maldef, Dr. Henry Levin, Lobato v. State of Colorado, Attorney General Office, Denver District Court, Denver News

Lobato v. State of Colorado may be one of Colorado's most provocative education lawsuits in history. It raises the question: Is the state's system of ...

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Voucher Injunction Leaves DougCo Parents In Limbo

The Huffington Post | Andrea Rael | Posted 10.16.2011

Read More: Colorado Board of Education, Colorado Department of Education, Dougco Vouchers, Colorado Education, Douglas County School District, Denver District Judge Michael Martinez, Choice Scholarship Program, Colorado Voucher Program, Denver News

The Douglas County voucher program may have been halted in last Friday's court order, but it is unclear what that means for students and parents who e...

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Judge In DougCo Pilot Voucher Suit: 'The Court Is Not Persuaded'

Posted 09.17.2011

Read More: Aclu, Judge Michael A. Martinez, Douglas County Board of Education, Robert Ross, Colorado Department of Education, Colorado Board of Education, Robert Hammond, Denver News, Douglas County Pilot Voucher Program, Denver News

A Denver District judge has denied a motion to move the Douglas County School District Voucher Pilot Program from Denver to Douglas County, saying he ...

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Charter School For Minority Boys

The Huffington Post | Posted 08.30.2011

Read More: Tom Boasberg, New Orleans, Denver Public Education, Denver's First Black Mayor, Denver School Board of Education, Louisiana, Theresa Pena, Colorado Department of Education, Colorado Board of Education, Dps, Wellington Webb, Miller-McCoy Academy, Denver Charter School, Denver News

Eight new Denver schools will open by 2013 after last night's school board meeting, six of which are charter schools. One will be Denver's first all b...

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Colorado Education Gets A Boost From Bill And Melinda Gates

The Huffington Post | Andrea Rael | Posted 08.13.2011

Read More: Lieutenant Governor Joe Garcia, Colorado Department of Education, The Colorado Legacy Foundation, Bill and Melinda Gates, Cde, Denver Governor John Hickenlooper, John Hickenlooper, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Denver News

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has invested a three-year $9.7 million fund into four of Colorado's school districts to initiate and aid education...

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Colorado Struggles With Teacher License Backlog

EdNewsColorado | Rebecca Jones | Posted 05.29.2011

Read More: Colorado Department of Education, Teacher Certification, Teacher License Backlog, Colorado Teachers, Denver News

A backlog of state educator license applications means teachers are waiting up to five months for the credentials they need to legally hold a classroo...

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Smart Start Nutrition Program Funding Rejected By JBC Republicans

The Denver Post | Tim Hoover | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Colorado Department of Education, Colorado Joint Budget Committee, Colorado Budget, Smart Start Nutrition Program, Colorado School Breakfast Program, School Breakfasts, Denver News

There have been a few party-line votes on the legislature's now evenly split Joint Budget Committee, but one 3-3 decision on Tuesday reverberated thro...

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Pursuing Educational Excellence for Every Student

Michael Clough | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Colorado Department of Education, Colorado Expanded Learning Opportunities (ELO), Sheridan School District, Education News

While we are not alone in our progressive thinking about traditional educational systems, I believe that Sheridan is at the forefront of what public education might very well look like.

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Colorado Education Administrators Get Raises During K-12 Cutbacks

CBS4 Denver | Brian Maass | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Colorado Department of Education, Education Administrators Pay Raises, Dwight Jones, Colorado Education, Denver News

Syna Morgan, Director of Turnaround and School Improvement, saw her salary go from $85,000 per year to $110,000, a $25,000 increase. Associate Commiss...

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Colorado Department Of Education Cites

The Coloradoan | Trevor Hughes | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Colorado Department of Education, Teacher Arrests, CDE, Colorado Bureau of Investigation, Denver News

Colorado education officials have been ignoring a law intended to "flag" the arrests of teachers and then alert all school districts and charter schoo...

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Colorado Justice System Locking Up Untried Youths, Depriving Them Of Education

The Colorado Independent | Joseph Boven | Posted 05.25.2011

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DENVER- Juvenile suspects awaiting trial as adults in Colorado jails languish without education, sometimes held in solitary confinement while they wai...

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Colorado Public Schools 3 Times As Likely To Suspend Black Students Than White Students

The Denver Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Colorado Department of Education, School Punishments, Colorado Public Schools Denver Public Schools, Aurora Public School District, Race, Colorado Springs, Boulder Valley Schools, Suspensions, Denver News

Black public-school students in Colorado are nearly three times as likely to face serious discipline as their white peers, a disparity that is persist...

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Scholarships Short-Changed Per Audit

Morgan Carroll | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Higher Education, College, Denver, Colorado Department of Education, Scholarships, Early Achievers Scholarship Trust Fund, Collegeinvest, Colorado General Assembly, Denver News

Yesterday in committee we heard the results of the recent audit of CollegeInvest and there are findings we should all be concerned about.

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