/tags/education-reform Education Reform en-US Copyright »Ê¹ÚÍøÖ·/Community Radio for Northern Colorado 2020 Mon, 24 Feb 2025 13:00:00 GMT /news/2025-02-24/heres-how-northern-colorado-schools-spend-federal-education-dollars As the Trump administration threatens to defund the U.S. Department of Education, »Ê¹ÚÍøÖ· looks at how federal dollars are spent in northern Colorado school districts. Mon, 24 Feb 2025 13:00:00 GMT /news/2025-02-24/heres-how-northern-colorado-schools-spend-federal-education-dollars Leigh Paterson /education/2017-06-13/where-have-all-the-teachers-gone-a-look-into-colorados-teacher-shortage School may be out for the summer, but principals and superintendents across the state will be hard at work to make sure schools are staffed up for the… Tue, 13 Jun 2017 11:00:00 GMT /education/2017-06-13/where-have-all-the-teachers-gone-a-look-into-colorados-teacher-shortage Ann Marie Awad /education/2017-06-07/do-mandatory-evaluations-contribute-to-colorados-teacher-shortage Colorado has some homework to do. A bill sponsored by Rep. Barbara McLachlan, D-Durango, recently signed into law by Gov. John Hickenlooper, requires the… Wed, 07 Jun 2017 21:32:24 GMT /education/2017-06-07/do-mandatory-evaluations-contribute-to-colorados-teacher-shortage Ann Marie Awad /education/2017-03-02/colorado-students-continue-to-flock-to-online-charters-despite-controversies Colorado parents are leaving traditional school districts at a higher rate in the last five years. Their destination? Virtual schools. According to a… Thu, 02 Mar 2017 17:44:43 GMT /education/2017-03-02/colorado-students-continue-to-flock-to-online-charters-despite-controversies Ann Marie Awad /education/2016-08-12/more-diversity-needed-among-colorado-school-administrators-says-charter-advocate Professor Howard Fuller is a civil rights activist and advocate for school choice as a means to better serve minority and underprivileged kids. He’s been… Fri, 12 Aug 2016 11:00:00 GMT /education/2016-08-12/more-diversity-needed-among-colorado-school-administrators-says-charter-advocate Ann Marie Awad /npr-news/2016-03-15/bernie-sanders-says-he-opposes-private-charter-schools-what-does-that-mean In some ways, all charters are public schools. But there are debates about how they're managed — and who should run them. Tue, 15 Mar 2016 12:12:00 GMT /npr-news/2016-03-15/bernie-sanders-says-he-opposes-private-charter-schools-what-does-that-mean Anya Kamenetz /politics/2015-11-10/a-conversation-with-joe-garcia-colorados-soon-to-be-departing-lt-gov After five years on the job, Colorado's Lt. Gov. Joe Garcia announced that he is stepping down from the position and as head of the Colorado Department of… Tue, 10 Nov 2015 21:21:09 GMT /politics/2015-11-10/a-conversation-with-joe-garcia-colorados-soon-to-be-departing-lt-gov Bente Birkeland /education/2015-08-25/with-school-back-colorado-high-school-grad-requirements-get-another-look Students are heading back to school, but the road to graduation for this the incoming crop of seniors varies by high school. The reason? Unlike other… Tue, 25 Aug 2015 12:51:06 GMT /education/2015-08-25/with-school-back-colorado-high-school-grad-requirements-get-another-look Bente Birkeland /education/2015-07-29/jeffco-school-board-recall-is-a-microcosm-of-polarized-politics Critics of three Jefferson County school board members have turned in double the amount of signatures needed to force a recall election. If the signatures… Wed, 29 Jul 2015 17:47:58 GMT /education/2015-07-29/jeffco-school-board-recall-is-a-microcosm-of-polarized-politics /politics/2015-04-22/current-former-colorado-govs-make-a-pitch-for-school-testing Two former governors, Roy Romer and Bill Owens, joined current Gov. John Hickenlooper at the state capitol to urge lawmakers not to go too far in reducing… Wed, 22 Apr 2015 21:07:51 GMT /politics/2015-04-22/current-former-colorado-govs-make-a-pitch-for-school-testing Bente Birkeland