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Governor:John Hickenlooper
Commissioner of Education:Robert Hammond
Quality Counts state grade:C
Pre-K-12 enrollment:843,316
Number of school districts:181
Number of public schools:1,796
Number of public school teachers:48,543
Unadjusted education spending per student:$8,926
Percent minority students:43.2%
Percent of students eligible for free/reduced price lunch:39.9%
Percent of students with disabilities:10.0%
Percent of English-language learners:11.8%
NAEP Mathematics 2011 percent proficient
4th grade math:46.8%
8th grade math:43.5%
NAEP Reading 2011 percent proficient
4th grade reading:38.5%
8th grade reading:40.3%

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Robert Hammond, who has been serving as Colorado's commissioner of education since December, is expected to be formally hired by the State Board of Education next week.
May 3, 2011 - Education Week
For decades, annual contract talks between the two sides have been held behind closed doors—standard practice in most Colorado school districts. But this year, a conservative group and others began publicly calling for the talks to be open.
April 20, 2011 - Education Week
With interest flourishing in the Douglas County, Colo., voucher pilot, school district officials are working to create the funding mechanism that will allow public dollars to flow through parents to private schools.
March 23, 2011 - Education Week
Douglas County school board members voted 7-0 Tuesday to launch Colorado's first district-run voucher pilot, using state per-pupil funding to help up to 500 students attend private schools this fall.
March 16, 2011 - Digital Directions
Emergency training programs aimed to prepare schools for events like Columbine are losing their funding amid budget cuts.
March 15, 2011 - Education Week
If approved by the legislature, the cuts proposed by Gov. John Hickenlooper would drop school spending to 2007-08 levels and reduce average per-pupil funding by $500.
February 16, 2011 - Education Week
Many Colorado lawmakers and interest groups hope 2011 will provide a legislative break so that state and local education leaders can focus on digesting and implementing the initiatives of the last three years.
January 11, 2011 - Education Week

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