Some highly rated preschools will be allowed to have classes of 24 children under the new rules.

Parents and advocates testified for hours in support of a bill to ban seclusion in Colorado schools, calling the practice ‘inhumane.’ But some school officials pushed back.

One proposes to improve accountability, though critics call it harmful. The other would open up a source of construction funds.

Lawmakers unveiled the proposal on Tuesday after a week when budget committee members had to make big cuts.

Experts say taking away science or social studies is not the solution to low reading scores.

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The guidance is new this spring and comes in response to the influx of newcomer students.

University of Northern Colorado school officials said the work to better represent the state’s population and get more Hispanic students to graduation isn’t done.

Screening students, for example, has taken up a lot more time for some teachers.

The report’s recommendations include ones that require cooperation from the city and other organizations.

Colorado’s budget committee has been hashing out legislation that would provide $24 million for schools enrolling new arrival students. On Friday, they approved the proposal for consideration.

The Colorado State Board of Education praised the school’s efforts, even though its rating and test scores remained low.

For parent Emma Gonzalez Gutierrez, one message from a teacher helped her surprise her daughter at school.

Although Colorado was an early adopter of policies that helped transfer students retain their credits, the system needs an update, according to state leaders.

The charter school didn’t enroll as many students as expected so wasn’t sure it would have enough funding to open.

The proposed fixes to the subsidy program would cost about $81 million in the first year.

The state is on track to have up to $7 million in leftover child care assistance funding this year.

The proposal comes as the U.S. Supreme Court is considering a case involving school board members in California who blocked parents on Twitter and Facebook.

With nearly two job openings for every unemployed person in Colorado, lawmakers are touting a package of legislative proposals aimed at improving workforce training in the state.

The authors of this year’s bill, which focuses on students who are the first in their families to enroll in higher education, say the proposal differs from last year’s in key ways.

“We realized we could actually make a change if we put our hearts to it,” said Niko Peterson, a senior at Animas High School in Durango who helped write the bill.

La funcionaria principal de la primera infancia en Colorado tomará la decisión final sobre el tamaño de las clases para el 28 de marzo.

Colorado public universities have changed deadlines to help students during a rocky financial aid season.

Colorado lawmakers in the Senate Education Committee voted against a bill that would have made it harder to remove content from public and school libraries.

The district pilot is being considered to start at Thornton Elementary School and Thornton Middle School next fall.

Advocates for students with disabilities say sending kids home early is a common practice, but often happens informally with no documentation.

Jefferson Academy, a local charter school, fell short of its enrollment goal to open.

The state’s top early childhood official will make a final decision on class size limits by March 28.

Despite a desire among many community college students to transfer and earn a four-year degree, most in Colorado don't realize that dream.

More migrant students are enrolling midyear. Because they don’t qualify for a 1966 program that helps agricultural migrant students, schools need other funding to support them.

Jesus y Leiker son dos de los más de 3,200 estudiantes recién llegados, muchos de ellos de Venezuela, que se han inscrito en las Escuelas Públicas de Denver este año.

A bill drafted by Colorado youth would require schools to use transgender students’ preferred names.

Parents whose 3-year-olds have special education plans will still have to fill out the state application.

En segundo grado, Carlota Loya Hernández pasaba mucho tiempo coloreando porque no entendía a la maestra y la maestra no la entendía a ella.

Colorado’s budget committee has started the process of drafting a bill that would provide up to $24 million statewide for schools that have enrolled more migrant students.

The action was not sanctioned by the district’s teachers union.

The vote followed a pitch from the school’s principal to keep Wyatt open by enrolling migrant students and subletting some space.