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Results from Colorado鈥檚 2023 state tests show English learners are further behind their peers from 2019, and they鈥檙e struggling more to get back on track than other groups of students. Nathan W. Armes for Chalkbeat

Test scores say COVID was especially rough on English learners. Not all school districts agree.

November 28, 2023 at 10:26 a.m.

English learners might have been hit especially hard during the pandemic and need extra targeted support, experts and advocates say. But some school district leaders aren鈥檛 yet concerned about the...

These Latina moms in Boulder are concerned about equity in advanced courses. The district says it抖阴ap listening and responding.

August 30, 2023 at 11:47 a.m.

When Adriana Paola and her family arrived in Boulder in 2017, her son, who was starting high school, loved math.

DENVER, CO. - MAY 8: Newly named Aurora Public Schools Superintendent Rico Munn at his Denver office talks about his new position that he will begin July 1st. On his wall is a painted portrait of Thurgood Marshall given to him by his parents when he finished law school. (Photo By Cyrus McCrimmon/The Denver Post)

Rico Munn discrimination complaint linked to long-simmering disagreements about approach to Black teacher retention

July 1, 2023 at 6:00 a.m.

Whether Aurora Public Schools Superintendent Rico Munn did enough to support Black educators is behind a discrimination complaint Munn filed as he departed the district under a negotiated agreement.

Seventh-grader Agustina Valdez takes part in a practice session while preparing for the PARCC tests at Fort Logan Northgate School in Sheridan, Colo., earlier this month.

Sheridan needs a new superintendent. The process has divided the community 鈥� again.

June 20, 2023 at 6:15 p.m.

The Sheridan school district has no superintendent this month -- and no clear plan to open a search.

Kids have the opportunity to pet one of three classroom rats during quiet time in the kindergarten class of Jenny Magee at University Hill Elementary School on October 25, 2016 in Boulder, Colorado. Boulder Valley Schools have made an unprecedented effort to train teachers from every school about incorporating LGBTQ learning into all classrooms from kindergarten through 12th grade. Kindergarten teachers such as Magee have learned how to introduce topics such as a child having "two mommies". This is a partnership between CU and BVSD.

Boulder district is changing how students receive language services, keeping English learners in the classroom

June 6, 2023 at 11:56 a.m.

Instead of pulling students from their classroom for approximately 45 minutes a day to receive English language development, the district is moving to a co-teaching model, where a teacher specialist...

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Takeaways from Jeffco K-8 and middle school enrollment and choice numbers, ahead of school closures

May 18, 2023 at 5:53 p.m.

Jeffco school leaders have said identifying middle schools to close will be more complicated than it was with elementary schools.

Jeffco considers middle school closures as it moves to next phase of consolidations

May 9, 2023 at 4:35 p.m.

Jeffco Public Schools is laying out a roadmap for the next phase of school closures and consolidation in anticipation of fewer students enrolling next year and for several years to...

Ava Gabriella Garcia Seleey, 5, left, and Andrea Gonzalez Robles, 5, center, learn names of building materials with teacher Rosario Ortiz at Early Excellence Program of Denver in Denver on Wednesday, April 5, 2023. The program works with children to learn in both Spanish and English. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)

Is Colorado ready to serve English learners under new universal preschool?

April 9, 2023 at 6:00 a.m.

With the launch of Colorado's universal preschool just months away, big questions still remain about whether enough is being done to get the word out, what programming will look like,...

Karen Giesler teaches seventh grade science ...

Colorado school case study highlights need for collaboration in turnaround work

February 19, 2023 at 6:00 a.m.

Researchers found that narrowing the focus to fewer improvement strategies, empowering teachers to lead change in their classrooms, and having good relationships between state, district, and school leaders, are key.

Colorado graduation rates went up. So did the number of dropouts.

January 11, 2023 at 8:15 a.m.

Colorado and many school districts in the state saw higher graduation rates for the class of 2022 than before the pandemic, even as students had to meet new graduation requirements.

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