Los resultados de las pruebas estatales en 2023 muestran que los estudiantes que están aprendiendo inglés se encuentran más rezagados en comparación con otros grupos de estudiantes. Nathan W. Armes for Chalkbeat Read in English. Los estudiantes que están aprendiendo inglés quizás hayan enfrentado mayores obstáculos durante la pandemia y necesitan apoyo adicional, según dicen expertos y defensores en el campo de la educación.  Los resultados de las pruebas estatales en 2023 muestran que los estudiantes que están aprendiendo inglés se encuentran más rezagados en comparación con otros g ..read more

Results from Colorado’s 2023 state tests show English learners are further behind their peers from 2019, and they’re struggling more to get back on track than other groups of students. Nathan W. Armes for Chalkbeat Leer en español. English learners might have been hit especially hard during the pandemic and need extra targeted support, experts and advocates say. But some school district leaders aren’t yet concerned about the data. Results from 2023 state tests show English learners are further behind their peers from 2019 compared with other student groups, and they’re struggling more to ..read more

Proposition HH was developed in response to significant increases in property values driving up property tax bills. Lightvision LLC/Getty Images Sign up for Chalkbeat Colorado’s free daily newsletter to get the latest reporting from us, plus curated news from other Colorado outlets, delivered to your inbox. Colorado voters strongly rejected Proposition HH, Democrats’ effort to offer property tax relief while shoring up school funding. Advocates on both sides seemed to have anticipated the outcome, with the “no” campaign dubbing their watch party a celebration a full day before polls close ..read more

Prop II, which voters approved Tuesday, will send more than $20 million raised through nicotine taxes to Colorado’s universal preschool program. Ann Schimke / Chalkbeat Colorado voters easily approved a ballot measure that will send more than $20 million to the state’s new universal preschool program.  Proposition II (pronounced “eye-eye”) will allow the state to keep all the money raised through a nicotine tax Colorado voters approved in 2020, even though the tax raised more money than originally predicted. The state is required by the Taxpayers Bill of Rights, commonly called TABOR ..read more

A Denver election worker places ballots in a lockbox during Election Day on Nov. 7. RJ Sangosti / The Denver Post via Getty Images Former East High School Principal John Youngquist had a strong lead over Tattered Cover bookstores co-owner Kwame Spearman in the race for an at-large seat on the Denver school board in initial election results released at 7 p.m. Tuesday. The at-large race does not feature an incumbent. But in southeast and northwest Denver, challengers Kimberlee Sia and Marlene De La Rosa were ahead of incumbents Scott Baldermann and Charmaine Lindsay. Youngquist, Sia, and De ..read more

Aurora’s seven-member school board will oversee the new superintendent as they work to improve academic achievement. RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post via Getty Images Three Aurora school board candidates backed by the teachers union had an early lead in the first batch of results released after 7 p.m. Tuesday. Five candidates are running for the three seats: charter school coach and substitute teacher Max Garcia, incumbent and former special educator Vicki Reinhard, charter school parent and board member Danielle Tomwing, student and aspiring educator Tiffany Tasker, and Maria Saucedo. The thr ..read more

Andrea González Robles (5 años, arriba) y sus compañeros se preparan para cantar una canción frente a la maestra Casey Holguín, izquierda, en el Early Excellence Program of Denver. Hyoung Chang / The Denver Post Read in English. Cuando las familias envían a sus hijos pequeños a un centro de cuidado infantil o preescolar, quieren que ellos estén seguros, felices y entretenidos. ¿Cómo pueden saber si un programa está ofreciendo una atención de calidad?  El sistema de calificación de los centros de cuidado infantil de Colorado es una herramienta que puede ayudar. Las calificaciones son ..read more

Eight candidates are running for three open seats on the Denver school board. Will Gorski for Chalkbeat Sign up for Chalkbeat Colorado’s free daily newsletter to get the latest reporting from us, plus curated news from other Colorado outlets, delivered to your inbox. On the eve of the Nov. 7 election, spending in the Denver school board races has climbed to nearly $1.9 million, according to reports filed with the Colorado Secretary of State’s office. It’s not a record yet — but it’s close. The most expensive Denver school board race ever was in 2019, when candidates and outside groups spe ..read more

Some experts say the foundation that warned of the “child care cliff” is overstating the impact. Allison Shelley for EDUimages The headlines started appearing in July and August: A child care catastrophe was looming.  Nearly 1,100 Colorado child care programs would shutter and 83,000 young children in the state would lose care after federal COVID aid expired in September, according to projections from a national think tank.   The numbers were part of a state-by-state forecast put out by the left-leaning Century Foundation in June, intended to sound the alarm about the impac ..read more

Resign DPS Board lawn signs rest on the sidewalk outside Denver Public Schools headquarters during a protest by the group. Melanie Asmar/Chalkbeat Sign up for Chalkbeat Colorado’s free daily newsletter to get the latest reporting from us, plus curated news from other Colorado outlets, delivered to your inbox. Google ads encouraging Denver voters to oust the incumbents on the school board in the Nov. 7 election are the subject of a campaign finance complaint against the group Resign DPS Board, a document filed with the Colorado Secretary of State’s office shows. The complaint alleges that ..read more