Townhall-111723

EdWeek
Students perceive science, technology, engineering, and math-related classes as too hard; they come to the coursework with vastly different levels of support from home; and students must master foundational concepts or risk getting left behind as material becomes increasingly complex.

Denver Post
For the past seven years, Denver Public Schools’ controversial policy of closing low-performing schools was a thing of the past.

Denver Post
Colorado will spend more than $10 billion on K-12 public schools during the 2025-26 fiscal year after Gov. Jared Polis signed the state’s new School Finance Act.

NPR
House Republicans' reconciliation bill, which includes a first-of-its-kind national school voucher program, is now heading to the Senate.

NPR
A deadlocked U.S. Supreme Court effectively blocked the creation of the nation's first religious charter school in Oklahoma, leaving in place a state Supreme Court ruling that declared the school violated the constitutional separation of church and state.

CTR
Parents and residents of Sterling Ranch delivered a wave of criticism at two events concerning the proposal of a “classical” charter school in Highlands Ranch this week: a statutorily required community meeting May 19 and the Colorado Charter School Institute (CSI) board meeting yesterday.