Campaign: Amendment 66, an income tax increase for public schools. Claim: “When state and local taxes are combined, Colorado ranks sixth-lowest” in the country for tax burden. Who is saying…
Unfortunately, some see the K-12 system as broken and inept in meeting the needs of students. Some have had a negative experience with a teacher or a principal and cast…
Richard Greener, depicted in this portrait, was the first African-American to earn a degree from the University of South Carolina in 1876.University of South Carolina/Associated Press A law school diploma…
Some praise program, others object to group mentality, expense
Policy change allows charter students to join homecoming celebration
Campaign: Amendment 66, an income-tax increase for public schools. Claim: Colorado routinely ranks near the bottom of school funding, just ahead of Mississippi. Who is saying it: This claim has…
Judge to rule if Amdt. 66 supporters followed rules
Campaign: Amendment 66, an income tax increase for public schools. Claim: Amendment 66 “will strengthen every school district.” Who is saying it: The pro-Amendment 66 campaign, on Twitter on Monday.…
Instead of solving math problems or doing English homework, as administrators envisioned, more than 300 Los Angeles Unified School District students promptly cracked the security settings and started tweeting, posting…
Local instructors use professional day to improve classroom experiences
Average scores in reading, math and writing were the same in 2012 and 2013. Students scored an average of 496 in reading, down one point from 2011. Average math scores…
The Agriculture Department says 524 schools out of about 100,000 have dropped out of the federally-subsidized national school lunch program.Associated Press file photo The new standards have met with grumbling…
The lesson for grown-ups: Don’t cut out the naps if you try to cram more learning activities into a preschooler’s day, say researchers from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. They…
Duncandu1-i-syn School districts would still be free to set their own start times, Duncan insisted in a broadcast interview, but he pointed to research that backs up his comments that…
Busy schedules, biological clocks can deprive students of rest
While the voters approved a mill-levy override in 2010, the district suffered massive cuts because of the economic recession. In 2010, the district received $32.2 million in base funding. The…
Dowdy is 24 years old, which might make his restlessness seem premature. But then, his principal is 28. As tens of millions of pupils across the country begin their school…
Swansondu1-i-syn The Southwestern Colorado Area Health Education Center announces Silver Swanson as the recipient of the 2013 Southwestern Colorado Nightingale Nursing Scholarship. Swanson is from the Bayfield area and a…
Midwest schools close when mercury hits 90 and students have trouble focusing
Common Core State Standards have been adopted by 45 states, including Colorado, and the District of Columbia with the goal of making sure the nation’s high school graduates leave school…
