Tag: education
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DOJ sues Colorado to overturn in‑state tuition for students living in the country illegally
The U.S. Department of Justice has sued Colorado to dismantle a decade‑old law that grants in‑state tuition to students living illegally in the United States, setting up a high‑stakes clash over immigration policy. In 2013, after more than six tries in a decade, Colorado legislators passed Senate Bill 33, also known as the ASSET Act,…
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Gov. Polis celebrates Colorado’s first-place education ranking by U.S. News
Colorado officials said they have something to celebrate this week, in addition to the state’s sesquicentennial birthday on Saturday. U.S. News & World Report on Tuesday gave Colorado its top ranking for education efforts from pre-K to postsecondary, though it didn’t fare well in other areas, such as health access and crime. Gov. Jared Polis…
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Shrinking school district shortchanges its best hope | Jimmy Sengenberger
Colorado’s public-school enrollment is shrinking. Few places feel it more than Woodland Park, nestled on Pikes Peak’s north slope. Now, the one school stabilizing enrollment in Woodland Park School District is also the one bearing the burden of the district’s own financial turmoil. Colorado funds schools using per-pupil revenue from local property taxes and state…
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Backpack Fence is back
For the third year, Divide Mountain Explorers will be spearheading their local effort with the Backpack Fence, a back-to-school initiative in Teller County. It provides free backpacks and school supplies to local children by hanging pre-packed bags on a fence, allowing families to discreetly walk up and take what they need, or leave donated items.…
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Colorado kids’ health, education challenges persist, report shows
Despite having one of the country’s highest median incomes, Colorado families are struggling to afford essentials like food, housing, health care and child care. That’s according to the Colorado Children’s Campaign, which released its annual Kids Count report recently. It provides an overview of how the state’s infants, children and teens are faring compared to…
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Hard decisions WPSD can no longer avoid | Guest column
In 2022, the Woodland Park School District completed a facilities study that illustrated the decades-long decline in student enrollment – a trend that WPSD has in common with most public school districts, especially in Colorado. WPSD peaked at 3,360 students in 2001. A recent district document projected a funded pupil count of just 1,786 students…
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Trump administration warns Jeffco Public Schools it will lose federal funding over transgender issue
The U.S. Department of Education on Friday warned Jeffco Public Schools it has 10 days to correct alleged Title IX violations over the Colorado district’s transgender policy or lose federal funding. The Notice of Impending Action is the latest development in an ongoing saga between the district and the federal government that started last year,…
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When it come to math, just do it | Pius Kamau
I recently had a fascinating discussion with an 11-year-old member of a group receiving prizes for excelling in math tests offered by state and national testing bodies. The youngest of a large number of students had done well in tests offered to eighth-graders and below. Since he loved studying math, how could other young people find it attractive? I…
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Jeffco Public Schools: Boys on girls’ sports rosters were mascots, not athletes
Jeffco Public Schools this week said the boys the Trump administration claimed to have found on girls’ sports rosters were trainers, mascots and managers, not student-athletes. The U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights announced in March that a months-long investigation into alleged Title IX violations committed by Jeffco found that 61 boys were…
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D-20 to require permission for name changes, removes book with transgender narrative
Academy District 20 will require parental consent for name changes, a move that advocates say will harm the district’s transgender students. The action, unanimously approved Thursday by the D-20 school board, came as board members also decided to remove a book featuring a transgender narrative from the district’s libraries, citing allegedly dangerous resources and narratives…