Colorado Schools

School Trans Fat Ban Passes In Colo. Senate

Posted 04.11.2012

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The leanest state in the nation is taking big strides to retain that unique distinction -- the Colorado Senate passed a bill that would ban trans fats...

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Another $133 Million Available For Race To The Top Early Learning Grants

AP | Posted 04.09.2012

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WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration has announced that five states that were finalists in an earlier competition for millions in federal dollars to...

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Child Poverty May Be Slowing, Report Finds

Posted 03.29.2012

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The dramatic rate at which Colorado youth have been slipping into poverty seems to have finally come to a standstill this year, according to data rele...

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Cancer-Causing Gas Abundant In 70,000 U.S. Schools: Why You'd Never Know

Posted 03.01.2012

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A toxic, cancer-causing gas is threatening the health of students in thousands of classrooms across the country, but many districts aren't doing anyth...

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Private Education Consultants Reap Benefits Of Federal Grant Money Meant For Failing Schools

The Denver Post | Jennifer Brown | Posted 04.22.2012

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They are among the 5,000 worst schools in America, where the percentage of kids who can read or do math at grade level often hovers in the teens or 20...

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Nation's Leanest State Considers Trans-Fat Ban In Schools

AP | By KRISTEN WYATT | Posted 04.03.2012

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By KRISTEN WYATT, Associated Press DENVER -- The nation's leanest state is taking aim at junk food in school cafeterias as it considers the nation'...

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Lobato Case: Colo. Attorney General Appeals Judge's Funding Decision

Posted 01.24.2012

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On Monday, Colorado Attorney General John Suthers filed an appeal of Denver District Judge Sheila Rappaport's landmark ruling on school funding in the...

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Officials Reject New High School Mascot For 'Derogatory' Female Reference

Posted 03.21.2012

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The students spoke, and the school board vetoed: One high school opening in Utah won't be calling themselves the "Cougars." Students across the Can...

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State 'Irrationally' Underfunds Schools By Billions, Judge Rules

Posted 02.11.2012

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Supporters of an education lawsuit against the state of Colorado celebrated this weekend after a district judge ruled that the state severely underfun...

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Facing Budget Crisis, Schools Sell Ads On Report Cards, Buses

Posted 01.16.2012

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Facing shortfalls of millions of dollars, school districts across the country have sought ways to make cuts on nearly everything -- from halting plann...

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School Breakfast Economics Add Up

Ed News Colorado | Rebecca Jones | Posted 01.10.2012

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Members of the Adams City High School Student Council earned $200 to help defray Homecoming expenses last fall, and they did it during school hours wi...

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WATCH: New Film By Gay Students Explores Trials Of LGBT Youth

Posted 01.08.2012

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By students, a new documentary takes an in-depth look at the trials of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender teenagers in Colorado -- and their path ...

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Finance Reports Shed Light On Denver School Board Race

The Denver Post | Yesenia Robles | Posted 12.18.2011

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Finance reports filed Monday by committees involved in the Nov. 1 election show that the Denver teachers union has spent $88,500 on two Denver school-...

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Half Of Colorado Online Students Leave, Funding Stays

EdNews Colorado | Burt Hubbard and Nancy Mitchell | Posted 12.03.2011

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Colorado taxpayers will spend $100 million this year on online schools that are largely failing their elementary and high school students, state educa...

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State Senator Seeks Online School Audit, Cites Poor Grades, Structure

Posted 11.27.2011

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Colorado Democratic Senate President Brandon Shaffer is seeking an emergency audit of online K-12 schools. In a letter to lawmakers Monday, Shaffer...

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4 of 7 Public School Board Members Spent Beyond Budgets

Education News Colorado | Charlie Brennan | Posted 10.31.2011

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An Education News Colorado analysis of spending by Denver school board members shows that four of the seven blew their annual $5,000 budgets for the f...

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Colorado School Vouchers Blocked, Were A 'Substantial Disservice,' Judge Says

AP | By KRISTEN WYATT | Posted 10.13.2011

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DENVER -- A Denver judge blocked Colorado's first school voucher program Friday, calling the program to give parents in the state's wealthiest county ...

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Colorado Takes To Computer Testing To Prevent Cheating

The Denver Post | Yesenia Robles | Posted 10.10.2011

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Systems in Colorado designed to maintain the integrity of standardized academic tests don't use as many checks for cheating as some in other states. ...

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Assault Charge For Throwing A Bean Bag Chair In School? One State Is Reconsidering

AP | By IVAN MORENO | Posted 09.27.2011

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DENVER -- Young students in Colorado schools can face ticketing or charges for scrawling doodles on a desk, accidentally hitting a teacher with a bean...

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1 Woman, Children Hurt In Denver School Bus Crash

AP | Posted 09.08.2011

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DENVER — Authorities say several high school students and a woman were hurt in a traffic accident involving a Denver Public Schools bus and a ca...

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Elementary School Opts For No Grades, No Grade Levels

Posted 07.03.2011

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At a Denver area elementary school, students are organized into classes in an unconventional manner -- they are arranged by what they know, not their ...

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Colorado Lunchrooms Failing Inspection Mandate

EdNewsColorado | Rebecca Jones | Posted 05.25.2011

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Federal regulations require school lunchrooms be inspected at least twice a year by local health authorities but more than half of all Colorado school...

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Colorado Friendly To Charter Schools

The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel | EMILY ANDERSON | Posted 05.25.2011

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Colorado charter school laws are the seventh best in the nation, according to The Center for Education Reform, a Washington, D.C.-based charter school...

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Unachievable Dreams?

Alan Gottlieb | Posted 05.25.2011

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Teaching has to become a profession that is seen as a viable career choice for capable, driven young people. Not only must it pay more, but the working conditions have to be attractive to the self-motivated and creative.

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135,000 Colorado Public School Students Unlikely To Reach Profieciency: CSAP Results

The Denver Post | Burt Hubbard and Jeremy P. Meyer | Posted 05.25.2011

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Between 74,000 and 135,000 public school students in Colorado are not on pace to become proficient in reading, writing and math over the next three ye...

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