News Briefs
The contract includes a 2.5 percent cost-of-living raise and 1.65 percent stipend if the economy improves.
October 6, 2009
Seen as an Obama administration ally on education, the freshman Democrat fills a spot left vacant by Sen. Edward M. Kennedy's death.
October 5, 2009
A proposed teacher-tracking system in Colorado that some see as the key to getting millions in extra stimulus money has gotten bogged down because of a fight between state lawmakers and the teachers' union.
March 31, 2009
Colorado should expand its preschool programs and create a “counselor corps” to work in targeted middle and high schools, Gov. Ritter said in his State of the State address.
January 22, 2008
The money will go toward a 4.6 percent increase in state per-pupil spending for the 2007-08 school year.
May 15, 2007
A Colorado lawmaker is hit with backlash over his remarks on charters.
April 10, 2007
Many survivors of the April 20, 1999, massacre have moved on to careers in education, medicine, ministry, retail.
April 20, 2009, AP
A steady stream of visitors walked slowly around the Columbine Memorial in a park next to the school in Denver's southern suburbs.
April 20, 2009, AP
During the Columbine massacre, states agencies were unable to communicate with one another. No one could immediately tell parents or children where to go.
April 17, 2009, AP
The instructional framework is more commonly used with younger students, but shows promise in secondary school, educators say.
January 27, 2009
Educators expect few significant changes to schooling from the anti-affirmative action passed by voters.
November 14, 2008
Education will be on the ballot Nov. 4, even if the subject hasn’t been on voters’ minds much during the 2008 campaign season.
October 21, 2008
Beginners would get substantially higher salaries, while veterans would see much smaller raises under renegotiated terms of performance-pay plan.
Updated: September 2, 2008
The host city and state for the Democratic National Convention has made a range of contributions to U.S. education.
August 22, 2008
The collaborative spirit between school district and teachers’ union that made the compensation system a national model is now in jeopardy, with officials engaged in a protracted battle over proposed changes.
July 28, 2008