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The pilot UPK program served more total 4-year-olds, but new standards have reduced support for other vulnerable preschoolers.
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Founded in 2015, the Dził Ditł’ooí School of Empowerment, Action, and Perseverance (DEAP) is in Navajo, New Mexico. One of the school’s administrators says it was created out of a desire to Indigenize education for students by including traditional Navajo practices and spaces in the curriculum – especially after decades of cultural erasure due to the U.S. Indian boarding school system.
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The Palm Theatre in Telluride was bustling recently as students, teachers, and parents gathered for the Intermediate School Spanish Spelling Bee.
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The mood about Kwiyagat Community Academy is upbeat though there are challenges finding licensed teachers in this remote corner of Colorado.
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Specialized Colorado schools that serve students with intense behavioral, mental health, and special education needs are closing because they don’t have enough funding.
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The district has many programs to serve the city’s Hispanic families, including the afterschool Bilingual Book Club.
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All four-year-olds and some three-year-olds in Colorado are now eligible for free pre-school through a state-wide program.
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Many school districts around the state have been phasing in a new reading curriculum for kindergarten through third grade students. This is part of a decade-long effort in Colorado to improve literacy rates.
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New Department of Education data out Monday shows that student math and reading scores have suffered over the last few years. Between 2019 and this year, data shows that fourth and eighth grade scores suffered the most in math, but reading scores also took a hit.
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A teacher at Needham Elementary School in Durango was one of 40 teachers across the country that was surprised with the National Milken Educator Award. Tiffany Miera was once a student at Needham and has spent 14 years of her career teaching at the school.
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This November, voters in Colorado will weigh in on a ballot measure to fund universal school meals for public school students in the state. The funding for the so-called Healthy School Meals For All measure would come via a limit on state income tax deductions for those earning more than $300,000.
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Nutrition advocates say the nationwide ‘free meals for all’ program helped address food insecurity and childhood hunger for millions during the first two years of the pandemic. But that’s going away this school year. Now families who are above certain federal income thresholds will once again have to pay for their children’s lunches. Experts say that can be tricky in communities like Moab, where these income thresholds don’t necessarily reflect the cost of living here.