Quick action urged on K-12 cuts
Lawmakers need to act quickly next year to make necessary cuts in state school aid, an analyst told lawmakers Thursday.
Lawmakers need to act quickly next year to make necessary cuts in state school aid, an analyst told lawmakers Thursday.
Matt Gianneschi, Gov. Bill Ritter’s top staff advisor on education issues, is leaving the governor’s office to take an administrative job at the Community College of Aurora.
The H1N1 flu has moved steadily through Colorado’s schoolchildren since August, but it may be about to peak, health officials told the State Board of Education Wednesday.
Colorado’s two statewide education boards Tuesday formally adopted a description of postsecondary and workforce readiness, a key requirement of 2008’s Colorado Achievement Plan for Kids education reform program.
What does a Colorado kid need to know to successfully move from high school to college, other training or the workforce? Teams of Colorado educators and others think they’ve managed to answer that question.
The Colorado Department of Education this week released draft content standards in four key subject areas, giving educators the first detailed look at the academic guidelines that eventually will drive new tests, curricula and perhaps teaching methods under the Colorado Achievement Plan for Kids.