Tag: Education
‘I used to be a proud Daniels Fund scholar.’ New application...
Agree or disagree with these statements: “Government should decide how business profits are distributed.” “I don’t feel much of an attachment to the USA.”...
Far fewer Denver students handcuffed in first months of school under...
Denver campus safety officers handcuffed only three students in the first three months of school, an 87% reduction from last year, when officers used...
Denver, Aurora high schools face potential state action under 2019 preliminary...
A new set of Colorado schools faces possible state intervention after failing to improve student achievement for five or more years in a row.
Among...
Jared Polis lays out policy priorities, with free kindergarten on top....
Like the man himself, Jared Polis's first-year agenda for Colorado is ambitious.
Fixes to a sputtering education system. Addressing climate change. Lowering health care costs....
Did giving extra money to struggling Denver schools boost test scores?...
Since 2012, the Denver school district has given extra money to its low-performing schools to help accelerate improvement — currently, up to $1.7 million...
Failure of Amendment 73 and Prop. 110 forces Colorado back to...
Colorado voters have turned the state as blue as it’s been since World War II, tapping Democrats for the governorship, every other major statewide...
Ask The Indy: Why is marijuana money not enough to fix...
Among readers' most-asked questions on the eve of Tuesday's election — besides what the party affiliation is of judges on the ballot — is...
Ask The Indy: Breaking down the tax changes in Amendment 73...
A Colorado Independent reader, who wished to remain anonymous, asked how the property tax adjustments in Amendment 73, the school funding measure, would work.
The...
Do Coloradans understand their ballot?
https://youtu.be/MJo7Rx9m7NE
Colorado voters read Amendment Y and Proposition 109 from the 2018 ballot and give their thoughts on the language.
A lot of big questions are on your Colorado ballot. You...
Colorado is tied with Florida in offering up the most initiatives — 13 — on the November ballot. But unlike Florida, a voter in...