Tag: Colorado Board Of Education
-
State Board of Education rules Denver Public Schools should pause revoking school’s innovation zone status
The timing for revoking Denver’s Beacon Network Schools’ innovation zone status was off given students are just now beginning to emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a Colorado State Board of Education statement Friday. State board members encouraged Denver Public Schools (DPS) to hold off on its revocation at least until the new state…
-
Colorado’s education board approves $180 million in construction projects | CLASS NOTES
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Nicole C. Brambila covers health care and education for the Denver Gazette. DOENA A. TORRES/SPECIAL TO THE DENVER GAZETTE The Colorado Board of Education approved $180 million in grants across the state from a prioritized list of 17 Building Excellent Schools Today (BEST) school construction…
-
Denver’s Beacon Network appeals to state over zone revocation, files lawsuit
In the first test of a new Colorado law, the Beacon Network Schools Zone Board of Directors requested a state review of Denver Public Schools’ decision to revoke the network’s innovation zone status. The Beacon Zone Board also filed a lawsuit to keep the district from breaking up the zone, which has 750 students, while…
-
Colorado Board of Ed: Peggy Propst poised to win Republican Primary for 8th District state BOE
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Peggy Propst appeared to win the Republican nomination for the Colorado Board of Education’s new 8th District, according to the unofficial tally of early ballots. Propst, who served on the state board from 2004 to 2010, was nearly 11 percentage points ahead of her opponent,…
-
Adams County School District 14 sues the state over reorganization vote
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Adams County School District 14 on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against the state Board of Education alleging that the board abused its power when it ordered the district to reorganize last month. The suit, filed in Denver District Court, also challenges how the board applied…
-
Adams 14 district officials to have authority restored
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Adams County School District 14 and MGT Consulting have ended their often contentious relationship. Adams 14 announced Sunday that they will temporarily regain their authority over the district this coming Friday after MGT agreed to withdraw from its oversight role. The state Board of Education in…
-
Adams 14 School District accreditation restored, days after it was removed
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save State regulators restored Adams School District 14’s accreditation Thursday after the school system signed off on a plan to work with a consultant to improve student performance, the Colorado Department of Education announced. The district was the first in Colorado to lose its accreditation after…