Colorado
Education was a big issue in 2024, with a school funding formula rewrite dominating the last weeks of the legislative session.
The pro-Palestinian encampment at the Auraria Campus is the largest such protest in the state. Students at the schools have mixed feelings about it.
Los distritos escolares de Colorado inscribieron a mas de 8 mil nuevos estudiantes inmigrantes entre octubre y el 29 de febrero.
Colorado State Board members said they believe growth will speed up in Adams 14 schools.
Outdated zone lines aren't equitable and are limiting the school’s enrollment and course offerings, students say.
State Rep. Matthew Martinez said a cleanup bill this year will finally allow about 300 incarcerated students to get more time off for attending college.
The dissolution means the Luminary Learning Network will be the only innovation zone in Denver Public Schools.
DPS hired 64 new international teachers this year, and its goal is to double that number next year.
DPS contrató a 64 maestros internacionales nuevos este año, y su meta es duplicar esa cantidad el próximo año.
The immediate financial impact on districts' budgets, especially for rural schools the formula is designed to help, would likely be a mixed bag, superintendents say.
Districts enrolled a total of 8,085 newcomer students after the October count and through Feb. 29.
By the fall, the Cherry Creek district will offer preschool at every elementary school.
The name change is also meant to strengthen the middle school’s connection with Manual High School.
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.