Tag: Colorado Department Of Education
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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…
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Colorado colleges recommended to use computer-based entrance exam beginning 2024
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A selection committee is recommending the Colorado Department of Education use the new computer-based SAT as Colorado’s college entrance exam beginning in 2024. The recommendation will become official after a procurement process, according to a news release. The committee, composed of teachers and administrators from…
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Denver Public Schools sees bump in new Spanish speaking students
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save More than 350 new Spanish-speaking students enrolled in Denver Public Schools within the first weeks after an influx of immigrants from South and Central American arrived in the Mile High City, school district data shows. The Denver Gazette requested, under the Colorado Open Records Act,…