Education

Hearing about students’ problems can have a harsh impact on teachers. That’s a key takeaway from new study by the University of Northern Colorado. It found that a majority of teachers deal with what’s called secondary traumatic stress. Today on In The NoCo: what the research tells us, and how this issue may lead to teachers quitting the profession.

The topics would include things like saving, investing, debt, credit, leasing versus buying, managing student loan debt, and retirement plans.

Colorado bet on Zearn Math. A study shows it helped, but an expert advises caution.

The Jeffco School District is considering closing a school that serves grades 7-12 and turning it into a specialized high school where students would study for particular career paths.

Summit High School’s Ski Business and Manufacturing class is one of the few classes in the country teaching students to make and sell hand-built skis and snowboards. The other is at Clear Creek High.

Fort Collins educator Deborah Winking used to worry that her son’s disability might prevent him from living a full life. But she figured out a plan to help him grow into an independent, successful adult. Her new book explains how she did it – and offers a roadmap for other parents.

As the prospect of large-scale immigration action looms, school leaders across Colorado are making plans to help students who will be affected by those actions. And they're getting help from a Nebraska superintendent who saw his own community shaken by an immigration raid two decades ago. He shares the lessons he learned – and what educators need to do right now – on today’s In The NoCo.

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The department recently unveiled five “wildly important goals,” including boosting third grade reading scores and better preparing students for post-secondary education.

The school system in Aurora, Colorado, is striving to accommodate more than 3,000 new students mostly from Venezuela and Colombia. Teachers have been helping them by translating vocabulary and handing out written instructions in Spanish.