Fewer schools are on Colorado’s watchlist for low performance this year, according to preliminary data released Monday by the Colorado Department of Education.
Denver Public Schools will not close any schools this year under a new policy that calls for shuttering persistently low-performing campuses.
The eight plaintiffs in the case — School District 49, Colorado Springs District 11, Academy District 20, Montezuma-Cortez School District, James Irwin Charter Schools, Monument Academy, the Classical Academy, and Education reEnvisioned Board of Cooperative Education Services — objected to the January decision by Magistrate Judge Maritza Dominguez Braswell.
More than a dozen Colorado school districts, including Denver Public Schools, will ask voters this November to approve mill levy overrides to help K-12 systems fund their operations.
The share of Colorado students who were chronically absent last school year declined from the year before, although the percentage remained above pre-pandemic levels, according to data released Thursday by the Colorado Department of Education.
Bears are common in Colorado’s high country and the Front Range foothills, but their recent and more frequent appearances in places like Greenwood Village, Littleton and Arvada have led to an unusual start to the 2026-27 school year.
Denver Public Schools welcomed students back to school for the start of the 2026-27 school year during a kickoff event outside Newlon Elementary School on Monday, Aug. 25, 2026, in Denver.
The lawyer representing CU Buffs head football coach Deion Sanders filed a motion on Thursday to quash a subpoena that would require Sanders to testify at his son’s bankruptcy trial that begins Aug. 31.
The top-scoring schools on state achievement tests are all located in metro Denver, according to new data released Wednesday by the Colorado Department of Education.
The Colorado Department of Education released CMAS scores for Colorado schools for the 2025-26 school year. Use this database to see how students in your school scored.