Should there be a statewide property tax to help pay for Colorado’s public colleges and universities? What about sales taxes or levies on professional services? Or maybe the state income tax should be raised?
Denver Public Schools is working on a five-year plan to make kids and employees healthier, safer and fitter. The goals must actually be achievable to be included in the plan.
Jerry Wartgow, a familiar figure in state education circles, Thursday was named interim chancellor of the University of Colorado Denver.
For-profit colleges and vocational programs are sprouting in Colorado, changing the higher education landscape as people seek new skills and advanced degrees
DPS releases regional analysis of achievement and enrollment as board members ready for June vote on 11 new schools
Before he signed the teacher effectiveness bill into law Thursday, Gov. Bill Ritter reached out to the Colorado Education Association, the state’s largest teachers’ union, which opposed the bill. See story here and click on video to hear his comments about the 40,000-member CEA.
Learning Landscapes — high-end playgrounds — have been working magic at Denver schools for a decade. Studies show they boost physical activity significantly.
John Danner, founder of the “hybrid” Rocketship Education charter schools, explains his unique model during a talk in Denver. Video
Colorado has been awarded a $17.4 million grant from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to create a new statewide system to track student and educator data
The proposed two-year agreement includes a delayed raise in 2010-11, a pay freeze in 2011-12 and the end of “early-release days”
