A 14-year-old government whiz is representing Colorado at the 2024 National Civics Bee

The Denver Post (Education) 11/12 1:00A Elizabeth Hernandez

Joseph Drexler, 14, has advice for anyone feeling frustrated or overwhelmed lately by politics, the government and their civic duty. Seek out multiple news sources to learn what s happening in your city, state and country and hear it from...

Nightmare fuel: We asked researchers to name the scariest thing you should worry about

The Denver Post (Education) 10/29 1:00A Elizabeth Hernandez

What keeps you up at night? Bank account woes? An impending work presentation? Analyzing that embarrassing thing you said in the seventh grade? Boring! To give you something fresh to worry about as...

Colorado school districts want voters to OK billions for new buildings and maintenance. It may be a...

The Denver Post (Education) 10/13 1:00A Jessica Seaman

Inside Colorado’s aging school buildings, black mold forces educators to teach students outside during warm months. Sewer problems prevent toilets from being flushed and render water fountains and...

ABA therapy in school: Some Denver families are still being told no despite state law billed as “a...

The Denver Post (Education) 10/3 4:05A Melanie Asmar

This story was originally published by Chalkbeat . Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters Every day, Ileana Sadin picks up her 5-year-old son Julian from kindergarten in Denver and...

Quesadillas, fajitas, tacos: Parents help Jeffco create 15 new recipes the district is trying this...

The Denver Post (Education) 10/1 3:54A Yesenia Robles

Leer en español. This story was originally published by Chalkbeat . Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters Azucena Rubio’s kids often complained about meals in their Jeffco schools. Her elementary school daughter said the food was...

Religious freedom, LGBTQ rights collide in lawsuit over Colorado’s universal preschool program

The Denver Post (Education) 9/22 1:00A Ann Schimke

At a time when the U.S. Supreme Court has opened the door to greater public funding for private religious schools, a lower court ruling in Colorado could have big implications for the separation of...

These are Colorado’s top-performing schools on 2024 CMAS tests

The Denver Post (Education) 8/29 6:00A Jessica Seaman

Students at Polaris Elementary in Denver continue to earn the highest scores on the annual Colorado Measures of Academic Success test, according to data released by the Colorado Department of Education on Thursday. As it did last year , the...

More Colorado students’ math and literacy scores surpass pre-pandemic levels

The Denver Post (Education) 8/20 4:30A Jessica Seaman

Test scores among Colorado’s elementary and middle-school students continue to recover since schools temporarily shuttered in 2020, with this spring s literacy and math scores reaching and in some cases surpassing pre-pandemic levels, according...