Colorado
It will be the first four-year degree available in the state’s prisons for women. The program is unique because of one of its new professors.
The funding formula rewrite cleared a major vote in the House after bill sponsors introduced numerous amendments.
The judge could issue a decision in the next few weeks.
The bill sponsor cited too much last-minute pushback from defenders of seclusion.
The board picked Gionni Thompson, a longtime administrator who’s worked in other Colorado schools.
“We want to be a place that has a lab site that’s like, ‘We’ve figured this out. We have a cadre of schools that, in my most aspirational dream, have eliminated the achievement gap,’” one principal said.
The Colorado Education Association says it’s concerned about whether there’s enough sustainable funding for the new formula, but indicated that it’s open to further talks.
Black and Native American families, low-income families, and parents or children with disabilities are disproportionately impacted by such laws.
Líderes dicen que contratar a coordinadores en escuelas comunitarias, como los que Aurora tiene en cada una de sus escuelas de la zona, es clave para que el modelo funcione.
Leaders say hiring community school coordinators, like Aurora has at each of its zone schools, is key to making the model work.
In redrawing the maps, the board also considered the racial makeup of the proposed districts.
More than 40,000 employees work on the Denver airport campus.
The board defended its “policy governance” model that limits information requests and funnels communication through the superintendent.
The process of getting the 2023 gift from Mackenzie Scott was exciting and mysterious, leaders at Early Milestones Colorado said.
The CEO of The Learning Source, which provides adult education at locations across the state, said thousands of Colorado adults will lose out.
Whether a school is following district discipline rules “is an indicator of the climate of a school,” Superintendent Alex Marrero said.
El distrito y la high school enfrentan una nueva audiencia con la Junta de Educación Estatal en mayo.
“I work in school nutrition to feed kids, not trash cans,” a dietitian testified at a legislative hearing last week.
The charter school bill that sponsors said was about accountability failed after hours of testimony Thursday.
Changing how Colorado funds schools has bedeviled legislators for years, but they hope the new proposal will represent a breakthrough.