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The 74
It would be a mistake to let the adoption and use of AI look different in high-poverty schools than in more affluent communities.

The 74
Since 2020, superintendents have endured a rollercoaster of challenges like a pandemic, the Black Lives Matter movement and political battles over topics of gender, sexuality and diversity in schools. But a top concern today boils down to what keeps school doors open: finance.

Chalkbeat
Could the new federal tax-credit scholarship program pay for summer school or tutoring for public school students? Could it help homeschool families, microschools, and after-school enrichment programs alike?

JeffCO Transcript
Jefferson County Public Schools enrollment has dropped to its lowest point in years, with this year’s kindergarten class the smallest in district history.

CharterFolk
This powerful conversation with Howard Fuller explores the personal and collective costs of pursuing true social change—and challenges the charter movement to confront whether choosing “balance” is holding us back.

The 74
An AI-powered tutor, paired with a human helper and individual-level data on a student’s proficiency, can outperform a human alone, with near-flawless results, a new study suggests.

Denver Gazette
After weeks of jockeying for votes, the Denver Public Schools Board of Education chose a new slate of officers during a specially called meeting Tuesday, selecting Director Xóchitl Gaytán as board president.

Denver 7
Sterling Ranch, one of Colorado's master-planned communities, has become the center of a heated debate over school land.

Chalkbeat
A Pueblo County school billed as Colorado’s “first public Christian school” has racked up more than a dozen zoning, building, and health code violations since opening this school year, according to documents obtained through a public records request.

The 74
US News & World Report released its latest ranking of public elementary schools. The results exposed the key component to student success, even if the topmost schools approached it in vastly different ways.

Colorado Sun
These board members take their seats at a challenging time: 12th-grade reading scores are at a three-decade low, federal funding cuts are looming, and many districts face the challenge of declining enrollment.

AP News
From Miami to San Diego, schools around the U.S. are seeing big drops in enrollment of students from immigrant families.

The 74
Nearly 9,000 children across 16 states and Puerto Rico remained locked out of Head Start programming as of Friday evening, according to the National Head Start Association, despite the federal government’s reopening on Wednesday night.

Chalkbeat
Two Denver-area Catholic parishes asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday to reconsider a lower court decision that said parish preschools participating in Colorado’s state-funded preschool program couldn’t deny admission to LGBTQ children or children from LGBTQ families.

NAPCS
Right now, we’re ready to continue our work alongside Congress to advance legislation that unlocks the full potential of the CSP and gives more students, everywhere, the chance to succeed.

Boardhawk
Tuesday’s election featured a clean sweep for candidates backed by the Denver Classroom Teachers Association. Vernon Jones Junior joins us to dissect the election and discuss its implications for the future of Denver Public Schools.

NewsNation
Head Start, a free learning program for children from low-income families, is next on the chopping block as the government shutdown nears record length.

Chalkbeat
Colorado voters said yes Tuesday night to pumping more money into the state’s free school meals program by raising taxes on households that make more than $300,000 a year, election returns showed.

Chalkbeat
Gov. Jared Polis’ 2026-27 budget proposal unveiled Friday would increase statewide K-12 education spending by $276 million and fulfill funding promises made by lawmakers during this year’s legislative session.

Chalkbeat
About 380 Colorado schools might lose their ability to serve all students free meals if two ballot measures fail in the Nov. 4 election, state education data shows.

The 74
When they first walk into Match Charter Public High School, students confront a purely physical challenge: its steep marble staircase.

The 74
Across the country, education has quietly become a deciding issue for many voters, especially parents.

CBS
A charter school in Douglas County, southeast of Denver, says it is scrambling to staff a 5th-grade classroom after its teacher was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents over the weekend. A staff member says the educator's abrupt absence posed "unique challenges."

Yahoo
Thirteen elementary schools and 10 middle schools in Poudre School District were among the top 200 public schools for their levels in Colorado in the latest U.S. News & World Report rankings.