Tag: Colorado Department Of Education
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Colorado graduation and dropout rates improve as student enrollment continues to slide
Colorado’s graduation and dropout rates continue to go up while its overall enrollment continues to go down, according to new data released Tuesday morning. The Colorado Department of Education released student graduation data from the 2024-25 school year, with the state’s four-year graduation rate increasing by 1.4 percentage points to 85.6% – the highest in…
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Colorado student enrollment continues to drop as graduation, dropout rates improve
Colorado’s public school enrollment continues to decline, according to new data released Tuesday morning. The Colorado Department of Education (CDE) reported a total of 870,793 pre-K-12th-grade students enrolled in Colorado schools, a decrease of 10,272 from fall 2024. “Colorado continues to experience enrollment trends shaped by a declining school-aged population, increasing racial and ethnic diversity, and…
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Financial challenges mount for 16 Colorado school districts, audit reveals
Sixteen school districts in Colorado, almost all of them rural, are showing signs of financial stress, according to an audit released on the fiscal health of the state’s 178 public school districts. Eighteen other districts, however, are moving off the list with improvements to their fiscal health in the 2023-24 fiscal year. The Ellicott School…
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Colorado sees slight drop in attendance, rise in chronic absentees in 2024-25
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado is heading in the wrong direction for absenteeism and student attendance, according to data released Wednesday by the state Department of Education. The daily attendance and chronic absenteeism report for the 2024-25 school year…
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State task force recommends overhaul of Colorado’s education accountability system
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A task force composed of state officials, district school board members, superintendents and parents agrees Colorado’s education accountability system needs a major overhaul. The Accountability, Accreditation, Student Performance, and Resource Inequity Task Force released its report…
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State testing a mixed bag with slight gains in elementary, big drops in high school math
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save State test results released by the Colorado Department of Education Tuesday reveal most Colorado elementary-grade students continuing to recover from COVID learning losses while high school math scores took a notable hit last year. Results varied by grade, but incremental progress was reported overall for…
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Student enrollment down statewide, up in Denver because of newly arriving immigrants
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Student enrollment statewide declined for a second year with new data from the Colorado Department of Education showing a loss of about 1,800 students on what’s called the October count, which is used to determine funding levels for school districts. “On a percentage basis, it’s…
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Dish Network set to lay off over 150 employees at Englewood headquarters
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Dish Network plans to lay off 157 employees at their Englewood headquarters this spring — only eight days after the company officially merged with satellite and internet communications company, EchoStar. Dish Network announced the upcoming layoffs in a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN) listing on Monday, claiming that layoffs will include employees at connected…
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Colorado Department of Education pledges $11M for school supplies
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Colorado Department of Education earmarked $11 million in federal relief funds to help educators address COVID-19 learning loss in students from pre-K to 12th grade. Colorado Education Commissioner Susana Córdova announced on Thursday the state initiative with DonorsChoose, a nonprofit organization that helps provide…