Vegas board votes for Jones
The Clark County school board Wednesday evening voted 6-1 to to offer its superintendent job to Colorado education Commissioner Dwight Jones.
Archive for: September, 2010
Deadline nears for college tuition plans
The discussion about how much tuition Colorado college students will pay next fall kicks off in earnest on Friday, the deadline for state colleges and universities to submit tuition flexibility plans to the Colorado Commission on Higher Education.
Audit hints at future district problems
More school districts may be forced to dip into reserves to cope with shrinking funding for schools, warns a new state audit
Politics makes changing bedfellows
The Colorado Education Association may be the 800-pound education group in state politics but other interest groups are weighing in
Jeffco launches teacher performance pay
The state’s largest school district wins $32.8 million to pilot alternative pay as district and union leaders urge teachers to participate. Video
Panel moves closer to final higher ed plan
Future Colorado economic growth will be stunted if the state’s higher education system isn’t strengthened. And, by the way, higher taxes are needed to do that, a study panel says.
Students rally for DREAM Act
Students, public officials and other supporters rallied in Denver Monday to urge congressional passage of the DREAM Act.
6 districts get emergency state aid
The legislative Joint Budget Committee has thrown a lifeline to six Colorado school districts struggling with cash-flow problems because of proposed Amendment 61.
Another budget shortfall looms
Colorado needs to cover another $256 million shortfall in the current 2010-11 state budget, economists told the Joint Budget Committee today.
Advanced kindergarten grows in DPS
A program for the youngest advanced students in Denver is growing but can’t keep up with the demand from parents
