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Colorado touts small and big solutions to roll back state’s teacher shortage

January 31, 2018 at 1:38 p.m.

Starting teacher cadet programs at local schools, forgiving student loans and offering livable wages in rural areas are all ideas being touted by a state education task force aimed at...

The Colorado Supreme Court ruling the ...

Americans for Prosperity, after Dougco school board losses, spending big bucks ahead of crucial voucher vote

December 1, 2017 at 7:17 p.m.

Americans for Prosperity is launching a digital and social media campaign to warn Douglas County parents of a special Douglas school board meeting Monday called to end the district's controversial...

In Tuesday's election, Douglas County voters elected candidates who oppose Dougco schools' voucher program.

Dougco seats new school board, future of divisive school voucher program still uncertain

November 29, 2017 at 12:52 a.m.

Four new Douglas County School Board Directors were sworn in Tuesday night, effectively ending an era of controversial decisions and policies including a divisive school voucher program.

CSU a $465.2 million economic powerhouse for Colorado, study says

November 28, 2017 at 12:02 p.m.

Colorado State University students, faculty, staff and alumni contributed $465.2 million in tax revenue to the state and created 19,000 jobs in Colorado in 2015, according to two studies of...

Professor Tracy Camp teaching a class ...

Colorado colleges overflowing with huge wave of computer science students

November 28, 2017 at 6:35 a.m.

A massive influx of computer science majors in Colorado and elsewhere are overwhelming college and university classrooms, as high school students hope to fill nearly 500,000 computer jobs in cybersecurity,...

Top Colorado lawmakers call for added protections against sexual harassment

November 13, 2017 at 5:04 p.m.

Top lawmakers from both parties called Monday for changes in how to prevent and report sexual harassment in the legislature as one of their own faces allegations he made sexual...

$10 million in pot taxes aimed at solving teacher shortage woes

January 31, 2018 at 1:38 p.m.

Gov. John Hickenlooper earmarked $10 million in marijuana sales tax money in his proposed 2018-19 budget to address problems of hiring and retaining teachers in Colorado, where as many as...

Chinese teacher Yu-Hsin Lien, speaking only in Chinese, helps her 3rd grade students with classwork at the Denver Language School on Nov. 1, 2017 in Denver.

Students learn Mandarin or Spanish first, then English, at popular Denver public school

November 13, 2017 at 7:38 a.m.

The Denver Language School, a public charter school, teaches students in Mandarin Chinese or Spanish for the first three years -- and data show students excel on state tests in...

Resident Cheryl Johnson demonstrated her opposition ...

Douglas County school vouchers hanging by a thread after opponents’ victory in Tuesday elections

November 16, 2017 at 12:17 p.m.

Backers and foes of school vouchers can finally agree on one thing: Douglas County School District's first-of-its-kind school voucher program is hanging by a thread.

Students at Edgewater Elementary School in Jefferson County work on iPads during class.

Jeffco school board incumbents who entered during 2015 recall cruise to victory

November 7, 2017 at 8:43 p.m.

All three Jefferson County School Board incumbents easily won their re-election bids Tuesday night.

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