New schools top lengthy DPS board session
Innovation school principals say budget flexibility growing, superintendent recommends three new schools and a board member seeks limit on co-locations in 2011-12
Archive for: June, 2010
DPS chief donates bonuses, raise
Denver Superintendent Tom Boasberg’s gift – worth $47,707 – will double other donations to DPS foundation
‘Safe Routes’ lure kids to walk, bike to school
Fewer than 15 percent of schoolchildren walk or ride their bikes to school, down from 50 percent a generation ago. But for health’s sake, communities are working to remove the barriers that keep today’s youngsters from getting to school the old-fashioned way.
State colleges take the 9 percent option
The 2010 legislature allowed state colleges and universities to raise tuition 9 percent for resident undergraduates, and that’s just what colleges have done.
Boot camp aims to remake school meals
More than 100 school food service workers from across Colorado will get hands-on training in cooking from scratch at a series of Culinary Boot Camps this summer.
Clock starts ticking on tuition plans
While Colorado college students are loafing or waiting tables this summer, college administrators are getting to work on plans that could affect how much college will cost five years from now.
Andrew Romanoff talks education
Andrew Romanoff, Colorado’s former Speaker of the House and current U.S. Senate candidate, sat down recently with EdNews to talk about his views on education at the federal level. Romanoff discussed linking student test scores to decisions about teacher employment, the federal Race to the Top competition and what he learned about funding inequities while [...]
Programs bridge summer feeding gap
Children’s learning isn’t the only thing that takes a hit during the summer. Many poor youngsters may go hungry
Jeffco board approves 2010-11 cuts
The Jefferson County school board Thursday evening approved a 2010-11 general fund budget of about $661 million, down from this year’s $676 million.
Can Colorado meet Race goals?
The state’s Race to the Top application sets high goals for improving test scores, an ambition that is raising a few questions
