Big Education Ape: Education

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Education - The Denver Post

DPS orders gardeners to undergo criminal background checks

04/06/2010
Community gardeners who pay a small fee to grow veggies and flowers in fenced-in plots on the grounds of public schools are being told to submit to criminal background checks or grow elsewhere.

Colorado education leaders to meet today about grant
04/06/2010 -A group of Colorado's education leaders will meet today to plot the state's next step in the Race to the Top federal education grant competition.

DPS offering early retirement to some tenured teachers
04/05/2010 -Some tenured teachers facing involuntary placement into Denver schools may opt for early retirement in exchange for a year's worth of pay under a new incentive plan offered by the district this year.

Commerce City schools help parents on census forms
04/02/2010 -First-graders Aileene Paredes, Veaney Chacon and Misael Diaz showed off their homemade census forms tucked inside homemade envelopes.

Obstacles may pull Colorado out of Race to the Top
04/01/2010 -The decision of whether Colorado should apply for up to $175 million in federal education grants in the second round of the Race to the Top competition seems like a no-brainer, but state officials aren't sure.

Denver County to repay state $82,788 after audit questions spending – 04/01

CU bumps up tuition again – 03/30

CU Regents OK systemwide tuition hikes; 9 percent at Boulder, Denver – 03/29

Colorado out of first-round Race to the Top running – 03/29

As demand for state aid grows, counties' human services toil – 03/29

Increasing need for state assistance linked to underemployment – 03/28

Thomas tapped as Fort Lewis president – 03/27

Senators reject school bus seat-belt requirement – 03/27

Catholic school fights to stay open after archdiocese warns of waning grants – 03/26

DPS teacher cultivated potential – 03/24