Teacher discipline in Colorado spiked over the last five years, with the revocation, suspension and surrender of teachers’ licenses reaching a record high in 2022 with 31 lost licenses and remaining elevated in the following years, according to records kept by the Colorado Department of Education.
Jeffco Public Schools’ Board of Education named Rob Stein, who formerly led the Roaring Fork School District, as the district’s sole finalist for interim superintendent.
The Cherry Creek Schools’ Board of Education voted unanimously Wednesday to appoint parent Keith Frazier to a vacant seat on the five-member board.
The U.S. Department of Education on Wednesday again threatened to pull federal funding from Jeffco Public Schools over policies the federal government says discriminate against girls by allowing transgender students to compete in female sports and use women’s bathrooms.
Riverstone Academy, a controversial “public Christian school” in southern Colorado, has closed permanently after changes in state law cut off funding, its executive director wrote in a legal filing.
The Sheridan School District’s teachers union filed a complaint with the state labor department on Monday, alleging the K-12 system retaliated against employees who went on strike earlier this year.
Colorado’s five largest school districts spent more than $121,000 in taxpayer money over the past two years to send their superintendents to national and international conferences.
Higher education officials have watched their pool of typical applicants dwindle little by little. Most have been in talks for years on how to pivot to stave off what education officials have collectively dubbed “the demographic enrollment cliff.”
Fewer Colorado students dropped out of college during the 2023-24 school year and more re-enrolled than in the year before, according to recent statistics.
Supporters say the changes will restore the meaning of top grades after more than 60% of undergraduate grades were in the A range in recent years.