Author: Erica Meltzer Chalkbeat Colorado
-
Colorado poll finds voters skeptical of college, more supportive of career education
It’s more important for Colorado schools to prepare students for the workforce than to prepare them to attend college. That’s the opinion of more than 60% of respondents in a recent poll of education attitudes among Colorado voters. Magellan Strategies surveyed a representative group of 1,550 Colorado registered voters in September. The survey has a…
-
Colorado school-choice law discriminates against students with disabilities, complaint alleges
Abram Sisneros was excited to go to kindergarten at the same school his older brother attended and where he had just completed two years of preschool. But at a meeting before the start of kindergarten, his parents were told that Abram, who has Down syndrome, needed more services than the school could provide. He wouldn’t…
-
Teachers union, Denver Public Schools reach agreement on pay increase
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Denver teachers union and Denver Public Schools have reached a tentative agreement that raises wages an average of 8.7%, sets starting salary a little above $50,000, and promises teachers more planning time during the work day. The announcement of a deal comes after a…
-
Colorado offers gift cards to students who sign up for COVID testing
Colorado will give gift cards to students who participate in regular COVID testing at school. Gov. Jared Polis announced Thursday that students who get tested through the state’s free school COVID testing program will be eligible for a $25 gift card for the first test and $10 for each subsequent test. In addition, participating schools…
-
Colorado school finance bill sends more money to students in poverty, English learners
Colorado school districts will get an additional $77 million to help students whose families are living in poverty or who are learning English under legislation introduced this week. The one-time money would help some of the students hit hardest by the COVID-19 pandemic — without the state reworking its complicated school finance formula, a larger…
-
Colorado’s teacher vaccination process is ‘messy’ but shots are getting into arms
Lindsay Bazz fought back tears as she considered what it will mean to be vaccinated, not just for herself but for her students and her family. “It’s just a big sense of relief,” the Jeffco Public Schools high school teacher said Saturday as she waited in a snaking line at a Kaiser Permanente facility in…
-
Frustrated school superintendents ask Polis for help
—
by
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Gov. Jared Polis should either change the state’s quarantine guidelines to give school districts more flexibility — or explain to parents that districts are following public health guidance when they move to remote learning, the…