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Cherry Creek school board names internal candidate as superintendent finalist
The Cherry Creek School board on Wednesday chose an internal candidate ā Chief of Staff Chris Smith ā as the sole finalist for the 54,000-student district¶¶Ņõap superintendent job.
Why do so many Colorado students struggle to read? Flawed curriculum is part of the problem.
School districts that serve tens of thousands of Colorado students are using discredited or inconsistent approaches to teach children how to read, contributing to the stateās persistently low rates of...
Colorado launches emergency child care for those on the front lines of coronavirus ā and it¶¶Ņõap free for now
A new effort to provide care for the children of thousands of hospital staff and emergency responders in Colorado kicked off Monday with around 900 children linked up with nearby...
Some Colorado child care centers followed schools in closing. Now the state wants them to stay open.
Citing the needs of working parents, especially frontline health care workers, state agencies called on Colorado child care centers to stay open even after dozens of Colorado school districts announced...
Coronavirus has arrived in Colorado. One school district has lessons from its battle with another highly contagious illness.
With coronavirus now present in Colorado, leaders of the 22,000-student Mesa County Valley District 51 arenāt letting their recent experience with a contagious stomach bug go to waste.
Childhood trauma isnāt new, but the job the Westminster School District created to address it is
Part of the job ā a new position created last summer ā is to give teachers the tools to address trauma, teach social and emotional skills.
Could a new vaping and tobacco tax pay for free preschool in Colorado? Advocates want to ask voters in November.
Colorado voters could decide this November whether to fund free preschool for 4-year-olds statewide by taxing tobacco and vaping products.
Colorado startups vie to become the Uber and Lyft of child care
Over the long haul, MyVyllage has ambitious plans: minting more than 100,000 new licensed home-based child care providers and a million new child care slots nationwide over the next decade....
This Colorado principal saved a student¶¶Ņõap life by paying attention at the right time
Here, in a series called āHow I Lead,ā Chalkbeat Colorado features principals and assistant principals who have been recognized for their work. You can see other pieces in the series...
When Denver stopped lunch-shaming, debt from unpaid meals skyrocketed
Debt from unpaid school lunches soared in Denver last year, rising to $356,000 from $13,000 the year before.