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WALDO CANYON FIRE: Help in place for D-11 students
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save For the 95 students in Colorado Springs School District 11 whose lives turned chaotic when the Waldo Canyon fire destroyed their homes, officials are doing everything they can to make the return to school next…
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Cadet chemistry could help catch bombers
Small details become exaggerated when the dust from an insurgent’s bomb settles.Fine chemical compounds left behind near the blast zone — as tiny as the dust from a package of TNT, sometimes invisible to the naked eye — could unlock clues about the explosives used in the blast and who detonated it.Such investigations depend on…
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Cadet chemistry could help catch bombers
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Small details become exaggerated when the dust from an insurgent’s bomb settles.Fine chemical compounds left behind near the blast zone — as tiny as the dust from a package of TNT, sometimes invisible to the…
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Global Village Academy charter proposed for D-11
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A group of community leaders is seeking to open a charter school in Colorado Springs School District 11 that blends language immersion and military traditions. Global Village Academy – Colorado Springs would offer curriculum in…
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Global Village Academy charter proposed for D-11
A group of community leaders is seeking to open a charter school in Colorado Springs School District 11 that blends language immersion and military traditions. Global Village Academy – Colorado Springs would offer curriculum in Mandarin Chinese, Spanish and German. Student also would be taught traditional subjects in that foreign language, said Terry Gogerty, new…
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2012 TCAP: Flat statewide scores worry educators
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save It’s another so-so year for assessment-test scores in Colorado, with tens of thousands of students across the state not proficient or advanced in reading, writing, math or science. The results of the Transitional Colorado Assessment…
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2012 TCAP: District officials share thoughts on tests
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save School districts get their assessment test scores about 10 days before they are released to the public. While analysis of scores and other data is ongoing, here’s what local district officials are saying about their…
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2012 TCAP: Writing scores fall in most area districts
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Transitional Colorado Assessment Program (TCAP) scores in writing for 2012 seemed to surprise some officials. The percentage of students scoring proficient and advanced in writing in fourth and sixth grades dipped significantly across the state.…
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2012 TCAP: District officials share thoughts on tests
School districts get their assessment test scores about 10 days before they are released to the public. While analysis of scores and other data is ongoing, here’s what local district officials are saying about their TCAP scores:ACADEMY SCHOOLDISTRICT 20Superintendent Mark Hatchell had a lot of good things to say about results, including “stable increases” across…
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2012 TCAP: Writing scores fall in most area districts
Transitional Colorado Assessment Program (TCAP) scores in writing for 2012 seemed to surprise some officials. The percentage of students scoring proficient and advanced in writing in fourth and sixth grades dipped significantly across the state. Smaller drops were noted in fifth and ninth grades. Scores mostly improved, if barely, for third, seventh, eighth and 10th…