Charter Sector News

Westword
Over 100 middle schools and high schools are expected to experience walkouts on Sept. 4.

Boardhawk
The release of 2025-2026 state testing data has given us the latest glimpse into the question that should be at the forefront of every conversation: How are students doing?

Chalkbeat
DPS will not close any schools this year under a new policy of shuttering persistently low-performing campuses.

Chalkbeat
Fewer schools are on Colorado’s watchlist for low performance this year, according to preliminary data from CDE.

Denver7
On Friday, John Adams Academy, a charter school in Sterling Ranch, wrapped up the first week of its first-ever school year. .

The 74
Earlier this month, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that public education lost 50,000 jobs between June and July.

Chalkbeat
As the school year begins, leaders at Denver’s Bluff Lake Nature Center are searching for a way to keep offering publicly funded enrichment classes...

Boardhawk
Last week, with the release of the 2026 state testing CMAS results, we published longtime educator and education advocate van Schoales’ examination of the USNWR report.

The 74
With new state-level programs quickly redrawing the map of school choice over the last few years, a central question may determine the movement’s continued success.

RMV
Douglas County has long been known as a community that values school choice, which is one reason a resolution recently advanced by the Douglas County School District (DCSD) Board of Education deserves much more attention than it has received.

Boardhawk
Colorado Governor Jared Polis, referring to a highly questionable national magazine rating, says in today’s state testing press release that Colorado is number one in education.

Denver Post
Language arts proficiency rates dropped for half of the grades that took Colorado’s latest statewide achievement tests, while rates in mathematics held steady or increased.

Chalkbeat
New state test results show math scores continued to rise for Colorado elementary and middle school students, with eighth graders making the biggest gains year over year.

Chalkbeat
An education group that last year authorized “Colorado’s first public Christian school” soon will dissolve, following a Monday night vote by a key member institution.

Summit Daily
Summit School District Superintendent says timeline change complies with state law while High Rockies Community School claims district must oblige original August deadline.

Fordham Institute
Let me acknowledge up front that I may be grasping at straws or (to shift analogies for the second time) forgetting the ancient maxim that sighting one or two swallows doesn’t necessarily mean summer has arrived.

The 74
Some educators say they can’t control whether kids come to school, but districts say they’ll keep working to lower the rates.

Today, the Colorado Department of Education announced its semifinalists for 2027 Colorado Teacher of the Year. The department’s 21 semifinalists represent 21 schools from 18 Colorado school districts and one charter school. This group of semifinalists has at least one candidate from every region in Colorado. 

CPR
For years, Colorado cafeteria workers have served millions of free breakfasts and lunches under the state's Healthy School Meals for All program.

CDE
The Colorado Department of Education today announced that more than 600 summer meal sites are open statewide to provide meals free of charge to all youth ages 18 and younger. Parents, families, and community members can visit www.kidsfoodfinder.org to find a nearby meal site, including locations, dates and times.

KOAA News
On Friday, Governor Polis signed Senate Bill 125 into law. It strengthens protections for students with disabilities and creates a formal complaint process when they are denied accommodations.

This morning, Governor Polis signed Senate Bill 145 into law—an important step forward for charter school facility funding and transparency in local bond planning.

Littleton Independent
In recent years, STEM School Highlands Ranch has grown beyond the limits of its building — and the school is looking outside of Douglas County School District for an expansion.

Chalkbeat
A southern Colorado elementary school that backers have called “Colorado’s first public Christian school” has dropped its religious discrimination lawsuit against the state less than four months after filing it.