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A group of Colorado lawmakers spent Monday afternoon plugging numbers into a proposed new school finance formula, squinting at a projection of a computer...
Universal full-day kindergarten in Colorado is on its way to becoming reality after initial Senate approval Thursday.
After a final Senate vote Friday and House approval...
Climate change has led to “massive improvements” and “the planet is a thing that heals itself,” state Sen. Ray Scott argued Thursday morning.
Scott, a...
Two competing plans to pay for road repairs and transportation projects in Colorado are racing for a spot on November’s statewide ballot.
That means...
Two Republican lawmakers who have long helped shape education policy in Colorado have introduced a bill that would bar teachers from striking and strip...
Originally posted on Chalkbeat by Todd Engdahl on March 30, 2016
Education software providers would be subject to new rules and school districts would...