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Of five Jefferson County elementary schools recommended for closure, one recently received the state’s lowest possible rating for academic performance and another has won...
Who would spend $1 million in a school board race?
Residents of Jefferson County, particularly those with school-aged children, are almost certainly familiar with how...
After hours of public discussion, the board voted 3-2, as expected, to revise procedures for reviewing curriculum. But did it really approve the proposed review of AP U.S. History?
Colorado education official wonders why the AP U.S. History curriculum misses what seems to her an obvious point -- that the United States voluntarily ended slavery.