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Test scores say COVID was especially rough on English learners. Not all school districts agree.
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’t yet concerned about the...

These Latina moms in Boulder are concerned about equity in advanced courses. The district says itap listening and responding.
When Adriana Paola and her family arrived in Boulder in 2017, her son, who was starting high school, loved math.

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

Sheridan needs a new superintendent. The process has divided the community — again.
The Sheridan school district has no superintendent this month -- and no clear plan to open a search.

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

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

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

Colorado school case study highlights need for collaboration in turnaround work
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.
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.