Author: Nick Sullivan
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Colorado Springs-area school district continues to explore idea of 4-day school week
Lewis-Palmer School District 38 revisited the idea of a four-day school week schedule at Monday’s Board of Education meeting. The change is not yet certain, as it must first survive additional research and several rounds of stakeholder feedback. A four-day week would require both longer school days and school years at every level, according to…
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Lewis-Palmer 38 rocks annual CMAS test results
Lewis-Palmer School District 38 got good news on Aug. 17. The state board of education released the results for the Colorado Measures of Academic Success, or CMAS, an annual measure of student success. Lewis-Palmer ranked sixth best among the state’s 166 school districts, using a ranking calculator devised by The Denver Gazette. The district’s scores…
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Woodland Park schools rank middle of pack in annual CMAS scores
Two Woodland Park schools ranked among the top half of the state in the annual CMAS test scores, which were released Aug. 17. Merit Academy ranked No. 560 among the 1,335 schools with a high enough enrollment to get a ranking, according to a ranking metric devised by The Denver Gazette. Woodland Park Middle School…
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Cohesion, communication, collaboration: New Academy District 20 superintendent gets to work on vision
The new superintendent of Academy School District 20 is all about communication, she says. Jinger Haberer’s first month and a half at Colorado Springs’ largest school district has been filled with parent, teacher and business leader meetings, but she’s done far more than just “shaking hands and kissing babies.” Haberer is already working to address…
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Colorado education leaders, districts sue the state over troubled universal preschool program rollout
A half-dozen Colorado school districts and two education groups sued the state Thursday over its freshly implemented free universal preschool program, alleging the state walked back key promises and that deficiencies in the application process disproportionately harm low-income families and students with disabilities. Colorado Springs’ Harrison School District 2 is among the slate of districts…
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Colorado Springs-area students’ test scores trail statewide averages
Colorado Schools’ Road to Recovery logo As students across Colorado make gradual progress in bridging the pandemic-induced state test score gap, Colorado Springs-area students are trailing on average in their strides for improvement. Students this year displayed especially strong resiliency in mathematics, with statewide averages for the subject improving over 2022 in every grade. More…
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Colorado students’ records exposed after massive data breach
Decades of records belonging to Colorado students could be at risk following a massive data breach at the state’s Department of Higher Education. Officials are continuing to investigate a cybersecurity ransomware incident that occurred between June 11 and June 19, exposing students’ names, social security numbers, student identification numbers and other education records, CDHE announced.…
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Teachers union sues Woodland Park School District RE-2 for alleged free speech violations
The Colorado state teachers union and its Woodland Park affiliate are suing the Woodland Park School District and board of education for allegedly violating teachers’ First Amendment rights to free speech and free association. The federal lawsuit is the latest in a series of legal challenges brought against the district this summer. In February, Woodland…
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Colorado students’ records exposed after massive data breach
Decades of records belonging to Colorado students could be at risk following a massive data breach at the state’s Department of Higher Education. Officials are continuing to investigate a cybersecurity ransomware incident that occurred between June 11 and June 19, exposing students’ names, social security numbers, student identification numbers and other education records, CDHE announced.…
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District 49 approves new James Irwin charter elementary school
James Irwin Charter School Network will expand its School District 49 offerings next August, the district’s board of education voted unanimously on Thursday. D-49 will replicate James Irwin’s existing K-5 charter school operating in Colorado Springs School District 11. Three elementary schools and six schools in all will comprise the James Irwin network come next…