Gov. Bill Ritter is congratulating 14 school districts that have shown extraordinary academic growth and excellence using new performance standards. Under the state’s Education Accountability Act passed last year, schools were rated on success in preparing students for college and careers. Under the program, 111 school districts were rated as accredited or higher. Only 14 [...]

The public pins most of the blame for poor college graduation rates on students and their parents and gives a pass to colleges, government officials and others, a new Associated Press-Stanford University poll shows. All sectors of American higher education received high marks for quality. That extends to for-profit colleges, despite recent criticism of dubious [...]

One of the nation’s best-known school reformers is talking to businesses in Denver about boosting graduation rates. Geoffrey Canada of the Harlem Children’s Zone in New York is talking to the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce Tuesday about raising student achievement. Canada’s program in Harlem has been copied in other big cities and cited as [...]

Gov. Bill Ritter has launched a campaign to increase the number of people who complete their college degrees. Monday, Ritter announced the start of Complete College Colorado, aimed at increasing awareness of the programs and services available to help people complete their degrees or certificates. The campaign also focuses on the importance of post-secondary degrees [...]