Education News Colorado
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“Colorado should have the best public school system in America. Period,” Gov. John Hickenlooper has told the annual convention of the Colorado Association…
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Two new studies point to a contradiction about full-time online schools – student academic performance is lower than that of students statewide but…
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An improving economy and a willingness to listen may have been the key factors behind passage of significant education bills by the 2012 legislature.Rep.…
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Nearly three-fourths of Colorado third-graders are reading at grade level, a slight increase that matches the highest proficiency mark achieved in the…
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An attack seizes Chaz Moore’s body, stealing much of his breath. Spasms in his throat, lungs and diaphragm cause the 17-year-old to speak in hiccups, one…
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He’s 16 but his baby face makes him look a little older than 10, his age when he first tried marijuana.“I smoke marijuana every single day all day long,”…
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Do medical marijuana dispensary bans result in declining drug violations in Colorado public schools?It may be too early for definitive evidence but the…
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Sometime on Saturday, Steve Ackerman sold his last joint. His Organic Alternatives, a medical marijuana dispensary in Fort Collins, is one of 23 in this…
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A handful of students from Denver’s East High School recently spent a warm January lunch period huddled against a brick home two blocks from the school,…
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A bill proposing changes in funding and regulation of online schools could be ready for introduction in a couple of weeks, but the details are still being…