Thursday, April 15, 2010

Education - The Denver Post

Education - The Denver Post

Daniels Scholarships delight student winners04/15/2010Denver philanthropist Bill Daniels thought his scholarship program would send maybe 1,000 kids to college.
Long-shot Senate candidate Buck hits bull's-eye in Colo.04/15/2010 - Ken Buck, once thought to be a dead-in-the-water Republican U.S. Senate candidate with laughable fundraising totals and little establishment GOP support, has surged to life in a matter of days thanks to a handful of prominent endorsements pulling in big cash and — more important — national distinction.
Colorado high schoolers going forth with a state-paid fifth year 2204/14/2010 - Almost 300 Colorado high school seniors are eligible for a state-paid year of college this fall — a policy garnering attention from the nation's capital as a model to push poor kids to higher education.
Norton plans petition path to get on GOP primary ballot04/13/2010 - GOP Senate front-runner Jane Norton said Tuesday that she will petition her way onto the ballot rather than go through the traditional vote-getting at the state assembly — a move she said was driven by her incumbent Democratic rival doing the same thing.
School in running for Obama commencement speech works on video showing its success04/13/2010 - Seventeen-year-old senior Dan Marks has the keen eye of a political strategist in weighing the odds of getting President Barack Obama to speak at his school's graduation ceremony.