A $26 billion jobs bill signed this week by President Barack Obama could save 2,600 teaching jobs in Colorado. U.S. Rep. Jared Polis says the bill will provide Colorado school districts with $160 million, to be distributed to school districts throughout the state. He said without the bill, class sizes would be larger for students [...]
Continue reading …The Falcon School District 49 will ask voters to approve a $125 million bond issue in November. The board of education voted yesterday to put the issue on the ballot to finance capital needs from overcrowding. The district reports that it is at 103 percent of capacity in nearly every school. Thirteen schools are higher [...]
Continue reading …Colorado is among the states that have been named finalists in the second round of the federal “Race to the Top” school reform grant competition.
Continue reading …The state’s largest school district is laying off 136 people, about half of them teachers, because of budget cuts. The Jefferson County school board voted late Thursday to approve the cuts because of a $50 million budget shortfall. Eliminating the 136 positions along with reducing bus routes and cutting technology will save $14 million. The [...]
Continue reading …Colorado is taking another shot at winning millions of dollars for education reforms. Officials plan to submit the state’s application today for the second round of the Obama administration’s Race to the Top competition. Colorado placed 14th out a field of 16 finalists in the first round in April. Since then, lawmakers passed a major [...]
Continue reading …Windsor High School officials are considering whether to use random alcohol and drug testing to cut abuse by students. A meeting was planned on the proposal at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the high school’s cafeteria. School district officials say they’ve been exploring the idea for the last two years and now wants to hear from [...]
Continue reading …Some supporters of public schools are backing a proposal that would allow the Legislature to raise taxes to pay for education. The proposal is up for its first hearing today in the House Education Committee. It seeks to ask voters this fall if they would give the Legislature approval to raise taxes as needed to [...]
Continue reading …After some debate, Gov. Bill Ritter and other Colorado officials have decided to apply for Round 2 of Race to the Top education-reform funding after all. Although the state placed in the top 16 of the first round of the U.S. Department of Education program, it received a low score for not explaining well-enough how [...]
Continue reading …Colorado has failed in its first bid to win millions of federal dollars for education reform, and officials are evaluating whether the state should enter the second round of the “Race to the Top” competition. Gov. Bill Ritter said Monday it was likely the state would try again, but first he wants to see how [...]
Continue reading …Colo education officials hope to claim $377 million from ‘Race to the Top’
March 16, 2010 Comments OffState education officials are in Washington making their pitch for why Colorado should win millions in federal education funding. The team representing Colorado is making its presentation today. Colorado was among 16 states – and the only from the West – to be chosen as a finalist in the “Race to the Top” competition earlier [...]
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