Go ahead, take it.
Is it fair to ask a middle-schooler to spell “vinyl” in 2015? One hoodie-wearing participant in last weekend’s 75th annual Colorado State Spelling Bee used every clue and stall tactic at his disposal but still couldn’t crack it. for a blow-by-blow of his struggle, including a “can you use it in a sentence” cue we swear we did not make up. You can also , which was clinched with “sympatric.”
Three Colorado school districts are drafting standards to create a seal of biliteracy to attach to diplomas as soon as next school year, as . Other districts are interested, too, though work remains to determine exactly how the standards will be met.
, the bipartisan testing reduction bill based on recommendations of a 15-member advisory task force. A few things stood out: Hickenlooper’s rallying behind Colorado’s education reform, his dislike of opt-opts (not surprising, since his lieutenant governor said similar) and his statement that teacher evaluations and accountability “remain essential” to the process. Senate president Bill Cadman was among those flanking Hicklenlooper, but will conservative Republicans on the Senate Education Committee get behind the bill?
The pressure was getting to No. 23 at the Denver Post Colorado State Spelling Bee (Kathryn Scott Ostler, the Denver Post).
would protect teachers, principals and schools from negative consequences if test participation drops because of students opting out. The effort to enshrine opting out in state law puts conservative Republicans and liberal Democrats on the same page, but with different motivations. Republican sponsor Sen. Chris Holbert told us that to his knowledge, teachers unions “had no impact on this bill.” But then we got a press release from the Colorado Education Association, the state’s largest teachers union, .
Also on the testing front, multinational publishing and testing company Pearson found itself on the defensive over its . In Colorado, have been reported to school districts. U.S. News and World Report’s . Students seem to be speaking their minds about the tests, including.
The family of slain Arapahoe High School student Claire Davis wants Littleton Public Schools to disclose more information about the circumstances behind the December 2013 shooting, . District officials say the proposal .
Denver Public Schools’ in-house video department , daughter of a Denver Police officer who was killed in the line of duty two years ago. The district has been hosting forums in the wake of student protests about police violence and social justice.
At Chalkbeat Colorado, Jacyln Zubrzycki , who traces the fascinating history of segregation in the district’s schools, including the role of the courts and the district’s responses.
Hickenlooper says give PARCC time (Craig F. Walker, The Denver Post).
Former Denver Post health reporter Michael Booth, now writing for the Colorado Health Foundation, has — including high-tech apps that sick virtual zombies on sluggish students.
Channel 7 , playing off of Jimmy Kimmel’s mean tweets segments.
Although from the community colleges in Colorado and across the country that largely rely on a poverty-level workforce, that difference is due to pay raises in the last three years.
Since graduation requirement changes might still be fresh in your mind, the about how Texas legislators are also considering changing their graduation requirements as they see that many students are currently not going to earn their diploma.
