Adams 12 cuts pegged at $24 million
March 17, 2010 12:17 PM
The Adams 12 district, Colorado's fifth largest, plans to cut its 2010-11 budget by $24 million, about 7.4 percent, officials announced this week. The size of the cut is about equal to the amount of state aid that the...
R2T reviewers wanted the nitty-gritty
March 16, 2010 05:03 PM
"We're happy with our performance, but they were hard to read," Lt. Gov. Barbara O'Brien said Tuesday following a 90-minute meeting in Washington, D.C., with the reviewers who evaluated the state's Race to the Top application....
From the editor: P.S. 1 and Manual don't fit
March 16, 2010 02:32 PM
Editor's note: As someone from P.S. 1 has correctly pointed out, my original headline on this article was inappropriate. Apologies. Last week, I wrote enthusiastically about a proposed partnership between Cole Arts and Science Academy and the Denver School...
From the editor: No P.S. 1′ing on Manual!
March 16, 2010 01:17 PM
Last week, I wrote enthusiastically about a proposed partnership between Cole Arts and Science Academy and the Denver School of Science and Technology. The joint venture between Denver Public Schools and a high-performing charter school could, if consummated, provide...
One-stop Budget Cuts Info Center
March 16, 2010 01:17 PM
How will the state's latest budget plan affect your school district? Click in the boxes below to see what the recently proposed 8.7 percent cut in state K-12 funding would mean for your district, in total dollars and per-student. //...
Roundtable on Harlem charters
March 16, 2010 12:46 AM
An interesting piece in the NY Times on the current debate over charter schools in Harlem, featuring four prominent voices. Try the one you disagree with most first. A brief sample: Geoffrey Canada: The real question of choice is...
Intriguing findings in declining enrollment study
March 16, 2010 12:01 AM
Colorado schools districts thrive financially when they're growing, and they struggle in decline. That's long been the conventional wisdom about the state's school finance system, which doles out state aid to districts based on their enrollment...
New campus rape prevention strategies
March 15, 2010 02:47 PM
Editor's note: This story was reported and written by the Rocky Mountain In...
Privacy laws prevent sex assault investigations
March 15, 2010 02:16 PM
Editor's note: This story was reported and written by the Rocky Mountain Investigative News Network. Read about the reporting team here. In the fall of 2008, University of Colorado students who'd sought help from the school's Office of Victim...
Bad news from the dark soul of Texas
March 12, 2010 06:32 PM
Ready for some revisionist history? You’d better be....
Kansas City: Like a run on the banks?
March 12, 2010 06:17 PM
In It's a Wonderful Life, the iconic Christmas movie, there is a scene that takes place in the Building and Loan Bank. It's the bank run scene. Customers have heard that the bank may go under so they rush...
Does CEA care more about school funding or political allies?
March 12, 2010 06:02 PM
Sure, the Colorado Education Association loves to increase funding for K-12 schools and retain member jobs. But sometimes, its pleas for school funding simply don't add up. Yesterday's CEA blog entry "Amazon: play fair, support school funding" is just...
State team set for big R2T show
March 12, 2010 05:02 PM
The full team that will pitch Colorado's Race to the Top application in Washington next Tuesday has been named and will make a trial run on Saturday at an event organized by the Aspen Institute. According to Education Week,...
Time to turn the tide on obesity, expert warns
March 12, 2010 08:31 AM
HIGHLANDS RANCH - Nutrition expert Dr. David Katz paints a dire picture of a generation that's literally being weighed down by a burden too heavy to carry. Some tidbits from his "Feet, Forks and the Fate of Our Children"...
Time to turn the tide on obesity, nutrition expert warns
March 12, 2010 05:02 AM
HIGHLANDS RANCH - Nutrition expert Dr. David Katz paints a dire picture of a generation that's literally being weighed down by a burden too heavy to carry. Some tidbits from his "Feet, Forks and the Fate of Our Children"...
Student re-entry bill gets a makeover
March 11, 2010 11:16 PM
The House Education Committee Thursday passed a heavily amended version of House Bill 10-1274, a measure intended to give schools notification when a student is going to enroll after being in a day treatment center, facility school or state...
Teacher effectiveness council starts 18-month run
March 11, 2010 09:26 PM
Colorado's experiment in crafting a new educator evaluation system kicked off Thursday with the first meeting of the 15-member Governor's Council for Educator Effectiveness. The council, created by Gov. Bill Ritter as part of the state's Race to the...
Kansas City's second act
March 11, 2010 09:03 PM
The budget rumbles begin, but the story in KC has a lot more context. To start, from the Wall Street Journal (or try the NYT): The Kansas City Missouri School Board voted Wednesday night to shutter nearly half of...
College Summit gets Nobel
March 11, 2010 08:17 PM
College Summit's J.B. Schramm College Summit, is a non-profit with strong Colorado ties. Its founder, JB. Schramm, is a graduate of Denver's East High School. The 17-year-old program, which address the under-enrollment of capable low-income youth in college, works...
John Barry sets his sights on 2015
March 11, 2010 05:46 AM
