BOULDER, Colo. — President Obama tonight cast himself as a champion of an affordable college education and drew a veiled contrast with Republican rival Mitt Romney in a speech before an electrified crowd at the University of Colorado. Calling a colle…
Continue Reading →Cross-posted from the White House Blog.
Continue Reading →During the past four years, rural Fort Morgan, Colo., has seen an influx of East African refugees who are resettling there to fill jobs at a local meat processing plant.
An estimated 10 percent of the community’s 16,000 residents now is made up of re…
During the past four years, rural Fort Morgan, Colo., has seen an influx of East African refugees who are resettling there to fill jobs at a local meat processing plant.
An estimated 10 percent of the community’s 16,000 residents now is made up of re…
The five states that narrowly missed winning a slice of the Race to the Top Early Learning Challenge Fund will get a chance to compete for $133 million in new money, the U.S. Department of Education announced today.
Eligible for this round: Colorado,…
So far in this campaign season, education has gotten about as much airtime as saving the ivory billed woodpecker. But some folks at the College Board (aka the people who bring you the SAT and AP testing) are hoping to change that.
The organization to…
The National Education Policy Center has published another critical review of a paper from the Fordham Institute’s series exploring issues in online learning.
This time, Luis Huerta of the Teachers College at Columbia University responds to a paper f…
Saulamon Miller, a 10-year-old in a multiage class at Hodgkins Elementary School in the Adams 50 school district near Denver, takes part in a hands-on lesson. The district moved four years ago from traditional grade-level progressions to “competenc…
Continue Reading →Published Online: March 20, 2012
DENVER (AP) — An early education overhaul aimed at boosting literacy has cleared a hurdle in the Colorado Legislature despite concerns the measure isn’t funded and could result in more kids flunking the early gra…
Continue Reading →Roma Chokshi, a junior at Springfield High School in Springfield, Ohio, participates in a special program at her school that allows high-achieving students the opportunity to take additional courses online, which she can work on at home, above.
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