State board faces common core decision
The strength of Colorado’s Race to the Top bid will be in the hands of the State Board of Education Monday when it decides whether to adopt the Common Core Standards in language arts and math.
Archive for: July, 2010
Clock ticking on school nutrition legislation
Time is running out for Congress to pass legislation to continue, and possibly expand, funding for the nation’s school meals program
Video: Obama defends education policies
President Obama defended his education policies Thursday in a speech tackling recent criticism that his initiatives are unfair to minority children. He also talked about pushback from the nation’s teachers unions, who say his policies are too tough on those in the classroom. To read an account of the speech, given at a gathering of [...]
Colorado makes R2T finalist list
Colorado, 17 other states and the District of Columbia are the finalists in the second round of the federal Race to the Top competition
Duncan: Pace of reform “stunning”
Education Secretary Arne Duncan used Tuesday’s unveiling of the Race to the Top finalists to air his views on where education reform is heading and what the federal role should be.
Economy forces states to scale back scholarships
Education Week explores the devastating impact of states’ budget crises on their merit-based college scholarship programs
Effectiveness council still getting organized
The State Council for Educator Effectiveness is considering ramping up its meeting schedule to handle the work assigned it by the state’s groundbreaking new educator evaluation law.
CDE: Colo. standards are rigorous as common core
The State Board of Education Wednesday was assured that Colorado’s content standards for language arts and math are as rigorous as the proposed national Common Core Standards in those subjects.
State board turns to common standards
The clock is ticking for the State Board of Education to decide whether to adopt the national Common Core Standards in language arts and math.
CCHE wrestles with slicing higher ed pie
Colorado colleges and universities are taking a wait-and-see attitude about their newly won ability to seek authority for raising tuition more than 9 percent a year.
