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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.

CBS
Inside the classrooms at Stargate Charter School, about 15 miles north of Denver, staff have remained committed to making sure students feel at ease and able to learn without fears or distractions.

Fordham Institute
For decades, high-achieving high school students have been told the surest way to impress selective colleges is to take calculus.

The 74
State accountability systems were designed with good intentions: to ensure rigor and drive continuous student improvement.

Chalkbeat
Charles Longshore distinctly remembers the tipping point that led his Alabama middle school to ban cellphones, two years before the state adopted its own ban.

The Durango Herald (Paywall)
Mountain Middle School plans to build a microgrid on the school campus that will allow for uninterrupted power, shelter, and resources for students and community members during outages or emergencies.

The 74
Thirty-five years after the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act, students with disabilities still underperform their peers and face ongoing barriers in education and employment.

NPR
When it comes to reading, the nation's third- through eighth-graders are still mired in a pandemic-era slump, according to new testing data.

The Colorado Sun
Reports made to Colorado’s anonymous Safe2Tell program spiked last month with students on high alert following a shooting at Evergreen High School, bringing in the second-highest monthly total in the program’s 21-year history.

Denver Post
When Denverites vote in this fall’s election, they will help decide who will lead Denver Public Schools, the state’s largest K-12 district.

Philanthropy
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has given $30-million to the NewSchools Venture Fund to build 200 charter schools for students from needy families, reports The Associated Press.