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Hopeful signs in Denver high schools

When North High School started offering night classes in September, students did not rush in. Instead, they trickled in slowly until, as grades...
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Good news, bad news on school growth

We usually think of school growth as a good thing - it signals more families in a community, more jobs for teachers and continued use of...
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No penalties for Chavez charter, but ...

An audit of testing practices at Cesar Chavez Academy in Pueblo finds three successive years of “extremely high” rates of special...
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CSAP 2009: Lots of hope, little movement

Colorado’s 2009 student achievement and growth levels show a familiar pattern of some improvements and some declines, and the persistence of...
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Not so fast for the "Race"

Whether you think deficits are a good idea or not, there's no denying that President Obama's stimulus plan will pump billions of dollars into the...
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Number of poor kids keeps growing

Once a year, the non-profit Colorado Children's Campaign takes the pulse of the state's kids, and for the second year in a row it has a...
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Immigration riles up Statehouse

Although it's faded from the headlines in the last year, immigration is still a hot-button issue for many people. Americans can't even agree on the...
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Signs of recession at school

It's a rough indicator, but the number of students eligible for free and reduced lunch has long been used as the indicator of the number of poor...
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Legislature moves fast, and why you should care

You've got your hands full getting the kids to and from school and making sure they're doing their homework. But it's worth pausing for a minute to...
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Putting a bounty on education: Colorado considers cash incentives for school performance

Would high schools work harder to reduce dropout rates if they were paid, say $500, for every at-risk kid who graduated?That’s one of the...
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