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Colorado leaders are moving quickly to make sure everyone has easy access to COVID-19 vaccines this fall.

The Mountain Jackpot News
Merit Academy, a charter school located in Woodland Park, is launching an exciting Tiny Home construction program for local students. The effort is part of a unique partnership with The Seed & Bean, Careers in Construction Colorado (CICC), and the Housing and Building Association of Colorado Springs (HBA), the sponsoring CICC chapter for Merit Academy.

CPR News
More Colorado schools and districts scored higher in the state’s annual report card, according to preliminary results released Wednesday, with overall trends largely consistent with last year.

Charter School Institute
As we look back on the 2024–25 school year, we are proud to share the release of our newest publication, Stories of Impact and Innovation. This collection tells the story of how CSI schools are translating ideas into practice, addressing access gaps, rethinking instruction, and elevating school culture.

The 74
Since 2020, interest in homeschooling, microschooling, and other alternatives to conventional education has soared. Entrepreneurial parents and teachers have been building creative schooling options across the U.S.

Milken Family Foundation
The State Board of Education recognized Chris Reynolds at their August board meeting for earning the prestigious Milken Educator Award back in March of this year. Mr. Reynolds is the Assistant Principal at Liberty Common High School in Fort Collins where he also teaches AP Microeconomics.

Flagstaff Academy Charter School has once again earned statewide and national acclaim, having been named one of the 2025 Colorado Trailblazer Schools to Watch

Chalkbeat
Teachers, child care providers, and other people who work with children will soon be subject to a new state law

The 74
In April, the U.S. Department of Education resolved an obscure 2013 privacy complaint — a dispute so old that the student at the heart of it has almost certainly graduated by now.

Coloradoan
Liberty Common High School was ranked No. 2 in Colorado on U.S. News & World Report’s 2025 list of the best high schools with five others ranking among the top 10 in the state.

Denver Post
A judge ruled late Friday the Trump administration cannot deny funding to Boston, Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles and 30 other cities and counties because of policies that limit cooperation with federal immigration efforts.

The 74
Since hitting a record high in 2022, national chronic absenteeism rates have dropped modestly — by about five percentage points — according to the most recent available data, but still remain persistently higher than pre-pandemic levels.

The 74
The U.S. Department of Education will start to bring back roughly 250 civil rights staffers that it tried to fire in March, according to a schedule the U.S. Department of Education submitted in federal court Tuesday.

The 74
American teens’ feelings of loneliness rose 8% and suicidal thoughts rose 5% between 2019 and 2023.

The 74
Across the country, teachers unions have been challenging the constitutionality of their states’ private school voucher programs in court. And in at least two cases, they’ve won.

KOAA On August 13, the Woodland Park School District Board of Education approved a 30-year contract extension with Merit Academy, the district’s existing charter school, during a board meeting.

Columbian
When Siri Fiske founded the Mysa Microschool in Washington, D.C., in 2016, there wasn’t a widely accepted term for her small, one-room schoolhouse model.

CBS News
Not every school gets a visit from its city's mayor on its first day of school, but the Lotus School for Excellence in Aurora did on Tuesday.

Colorado Sun
Gov. Jared Polis on Wednesday ordered state lawmakers back to the Colorado Capitol on Aug. 21 for a special legislative session aimed at addressing the nearly $1 billion hole punched in the state budget by the so-called big, beautiful bill, congressional Republicans’ federal tax and spending measure.

K-12 Dive
The slowing growth in private school enrollment over the past four years indicates the “COVID-19 increase is almost over” or that other factors “driving net private school enrollment increases are waning,” according to the Cato Institute, a libertarian think tank and research organization.

The 74
The nation’s largest charter system has dealt a crushing legal blow to its foes – but challenges remain for the once-revolutionary movement.

The 74
The Colorado Democrat surprised pundits in April by announcing his bid for governor in the upcoming midterm election.

IHE
Senate Republicans are planning to protect the Pell Grant program, keeping the maximum grant award at $7,395 for the coming academic year, despite the Trump administration’s proposal to lower it to $5,710.

The 74
Money matters in education, but it’s no guarantee of student success.