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A plan to overhaul the state’s education system passed its first hurdle Thursday, winning unanimous approval in the Senate Education Committee.   But some education leaders warned that the measure, billed as the most sweeping reform ... read more

LOS ANGELES — The U.S. Department of Agriculture released a list Thursday of all school districts nationwide that received beef included in last month's recall of 143 million pounds from a California slaughterhouse.   The 226-page ... read more

As a veteran teacher of DPS who is retired after serving the children of Denver for 29 years, I am appalled at the Piton Foundation report on DPS’ compensation package emphasizing retirement benefits. It is simply an insult to those of us who ... read more

Rocky Mountain News - If letter writer Victoria Brady's 9-year-old daughter's teacher " . . . told her the [CSAP] scores would be looked at all her life and even as an adult when she tried to get a job," it seems the mother should be on a crusade ... read more

Cherry Creek News -             I watched one day as the city’s juvenile court tried kids who had been issued summons for various incidents. One kid was there for a fistfight after ... read more

Denver Public Schools leaders will begin community talks in April about their chances this fall of winning a bond issue likely to top $300 million. If school board members agree to go to voters, it will be the district's first request for building ... read more

Statewide student achievement tests would be scaled back sharply under a bill approved Thursday by the House Education Committee. HB 1357 would eliminate the writing exam, along with all exams for ninth- and 10th-graders, the highest grades in which ... read more

Colorado public schools would focus on preparing children for college or the workplace from the time they entered preschool until graduation, under a bill that Gov. Bill Ritter unveiled Wednesday.  The version of the bill that now goes to the ... read more

I hope this letter is only one in a firestorm of public protest about students at Manual High School receiving pay for taking the CSAP tests this year (“Cha-ching! fills every chair at Manual for CSAP tests,” March 14).  I am a ... read more

Bill aims to cut dropout rates, reliance on remedial college classesBut the bipartisan K-12 plan lacked too many specifics for some. Gov. Ritter says the details will be ironed out. Pharmacy major Reneice Carr started college this year academically ... read more