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- 2008 CSAP Reveals Mixed Results
The results school districts statewide have been waiting for all summer are finally in. The Colorado Student Assessment Program or CSAP test scores were released Tuesday.
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- Another Courtroom Victory For Religious Colleges
A federal appeals court ruling that a Christian university in Colorado can receive state scholarship money is the latest in a string of legal victories for religious schools seeking public dollars.
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- State Legal Officers Push For Teen Education On Abuse
A Liz Claiborne survey of tweens, teens and parents found kids as young as 11 and 12 are subjected to at least verbal abuse on dates.
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- Parents: Schools Emphasize The Wrong Subjects
Most Americans think schools are putting too much emphasis on the wrong subjects, according to a new Associated Press survey.
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- CU Freshmen Who Don't Drive Could Get Free Bikes
CU may also expand its fleet of 50 "Buff bikes," which students can borrow.
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- Candidate Promises Tuition Tax Credit
Barack Obama is promising struggling college students he'll find a way to help them pay for school.
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- Schools Experiment With Paying Kids
Students receive the money for behaving well, doing their homework and making better grades.
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- Board-Certified Teachers Boost Student Scores
A report from the council says students taught by educators certified by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards make bigger gains on standardized tests than other students do.
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- Many Northeastern Schools Close Due To Heat Wave
Dozens of schools in the Northeast that don't have air conditioning are planning to close early for a second day as a heat wave continues to bake the East Coast.
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- CSU Student Newspapers At Center Of Controversy To Be Run By Nonprofit
Months after campus newspaper the Rocky Mountain Collegian published a four-word editorial that directed a four-letter word at President Bush, Colorado State University announced it was separating student media from the school.
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- 45 Advance To Final Day Of National Spelling Bee
ESPN will again broadcast Friday's semifinals, and Friday's two-hour finals will be aired live in prime time on ABC for the third consecutive year.
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- Gender Gap In Math Blamed On Country's Gender Equality
The study examined the results and found that in societies where women and men have similar rights and opportunities, girls are as good as boys in math.
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- Dozens of Denver Teachers Call In Sick In Apparent Protest
School officials say every teacher at Academia Ana Marie Sandoval called in sick, including the music teacher and a librarian.
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- Court Rules Walking Isn't A Political Contribution
The court voted 5-to-2 to overturn an earlier state Court of Appeals ruling that the group, and the Colorado Education Association, had violated state laws prohibiting union expenditures or contributions on elections.
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- Colorado College Graduates Nearly 700 Students
The ceremony closed Cascade Avenue from from Unitah to Cache La Poudre from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
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- Students Perform For Music Director Who Was Hit By Car
He suffered from broken bones, a concussion, scrapes and bruises. And more than two months later he's still in physical therapy.
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- Officials Believe Mix-Up Kept Parents In The Dark
Thursday morning, hundreds of concerned parents found their children outside of District 11’s Scott Elementary School. With the accurate information, one Colorado Springs mother believes she wouldn’t have been one of them.
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- New Bill To Up Importance Of Graduation Rate In CO
Ritter says too many Colorado children fail to graduate and the state needs to take a bigger role in education.
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- Ritter Combats School Violence With Safety Bills
Governor Bill Ritter was in Colorado Springs at Pine Creek High School Tuesday morning signing two bills that will make schools across the state safer.
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- CSU Plans $300 Million In Construction In Next 24 Months
The projects are expected to add about 344,000 square feet to the CSU campus in Fort Collins.
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- Man Found Hiding In Pueblo School; Police Seek Help
Freed Middle School reported a male hiding in the Boys and Girls Club game room. Now, Pueblo Crime Stoppers needs your help- Watch the school's surveillance video.
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- Bomb Threat Evacuates Skyview Middle School
School officials say nothing suspicious was found and students were allowed back in to the school in about two hours.
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- Teaching Kids How to Handle Bullying
Sunset Elementary students in Pueblo learned how to handle bullies on Thursday.
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- Raising Colorado Education Standards
A legislative committee has approved a bill aimed at updating the state's curriculum standards from preschool through college to make sure high school graduates are ready for college and the working world.
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- House Takes Up Plan To Reform Public Education
Ritter says the current dropout rate is too high and not enough students are graduating from college with the skills they need.
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- Ritter To Sign '08-'09 Budget
Budget items include renewable energy, higher education and construction.
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- Ritter Launches Education Reform Package
Governor Bill Ritter wants voters to end a property tax break for the oil and gas industry and instead use the money to finance college scholarships.
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- Wrecked Car Outside Funeral Home Sends Message To Prom-Goers
Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) with the Springs Funeral Home are sending the message loud and clear: Do not drink and drive.
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- Board Votes to Close Canon Elementary
In a late night vote the Cheyenne Mountain School Board decided to close Canon Elementary School. Among the chief concerns for the board was the enrollment forecast.
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- Student Threat Raises Concerns Of Columbine Copycat
Eighteen-year-old Ryan Schallenberger was arrested Saturday. His parents called police after ten pounds of ammonium nitrate were delivered to their home and they found a disturbing journal.
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- 10th Grade CSAPs To Be Phased Out
Colorado would try to phase out state standardized tests for 10th graders and replace them with a battery of tests like the ACT program under a proposal given initial backing by the Senate on Thursday.
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- District 49 Names New Superintendent
Grant Schmidt was named Superintendent of Falcon School District 49.
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- Students May Get Vote on Educational Fees
State lawmakers want to keep state colleges and universities from hiking fees without students' permission.
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- All D-38 Schools Closed
Education officials decided to cancel school and bus drivers were asked to turn around and bring the children home.
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- Bathroom Fire Evacuates Rampart High School
Students have been let back into the high school after being evacuated for about an hour due to a small fire.
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- Ritter Signs Bill College Textbooks Bill
Democratic Sen. Ron Tupa of Boulder said the law will save students several hundred dollars a year.
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- Education Officials Up Cash For Kiddies
Lawmakers also want to allow for 22,000 more 4 and 5-year-olds to enroll in preschool and kindergarten over six years.
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- Vandalism To District 20 Buses Delays Schools
Schools started two hours late Monday morning, after someone let the air out of the tires of 120 buses.
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- Boy Suspended For Sniffing Marker
A Westminster third-grader is suspended from school for sniffing a permanent marker.
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- Students Remember Popular Teacher Killed In Snowmobile Accident
There will be celebration of Avery's life at April 9 at 4:00 p.m. at Prarie Winds Elementary.
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- Springs Schools Named 4th Highest In U.S. Graduation Rate
Nationally, about 70 percent of U.S. students graduate on time with a regular diploma and about 1.2 million students drop out annually. - Help Choose New High School Graduation Guidelines
You can help the Graduation Guidelines Development Council choose which recommendations to make to the State Board of Education regarding minimum high school graduation guidelines. Either attend a public meeting being held April 1 or fill out an online survey.
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- Sugar Partly to Blame for Student Illnesses
Health Officials from the San Juan Health Department say too much sugar and exercise are likely the causes of thirteen students falling ill at Miller Middle School in Durango Thursday.
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- Colorado Students Writing Ticket to DNC
Colorado middle and high school students who enter the "Write to Lead" essay contest will have the chance to attend the Democratic National Convention this August in Denver.
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- Local Law Firm Sponsors PSA Contest To Combat Underage Drinking
The McDivitt Law Firm and My PSA Contest are asking high school students to create unique and compelling PSA's that encourage fellow teens to abstain from the dangers of underage drinking and driving.
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- Flu Outbreak Closes School
Another Southern Colorado school is closing its doors because of a flu outbreak. Pikes Peak School of Expeditionary Learning has cancelled classes for Friday.
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- Substitute Teacher Charged With Soliciting Child Prostitution
The arrest affidavit says Clark, 73, was arrested February 14 after he allegedly offered a 15-year-old boy as much as $5,000 to perform sexual acts.
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- CU Student's Web Article Criticizing Asians Triggers Outrage
The article claims Asian students "hate us all" and should be forced to play drinking games and endure other ordeals until they change. - Stanford University To Eliminate Tuition For Lower Income Students
The university said Wednesday it plans to eliminate tuition for students with annual family incomes totaling less than $100,000. - Report Reveals Lavish Spending By CO Board of Education
Reports have exposed lavish spending by members of the CO State Board of Education, paid for by taxpayers.
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