Home » news aggregator » Sources

Rocky Mountain News - Education

Syndicate content
Rocky Mountain News Stories: Education
URL: http://rockymountainnews.com/news/news/education/?partner=RSS
Updated: 59 min 38 sec ago

Colorado Community College System, fired president reach deal

Thu, 11/20/2008 - 02:05
Christine Johnson, who was ousted as president of Community College of Denver in a bitter public battle last year, has reached a financial settlement and is now working at the University of Colorado at Denver.
Categories: Rocky Mountain News Feeds, Scripps News Feeds

KIPP Sunshine Peak Academy wins award

Thu, 11/20/2008 - 02:05
A Denver charter school on Wednesday was named the year's top nonprofit and awarded $50,000 by the Colorado Springs-based El Pomar Foundation.
Categories: Rocky Mountain News Feeds, Scripps News Feeds

Church drops bid for academy

Thu, 11/20/2008 - 02:05
A pastor withdrew his proposal Tuesday to establish a church-run vocational school in classrooms at Manual High School.
Categories: Rocky Mountain News Feeds, Scripps News Feeds

Allard next chancellor of CSU system?

Tue, 11/18/2008 - 15:41
Outgoing Sen. Wayne Allard would oversee the Colorado State University campuses in Fort Collins and Pueblo.
Categories: Rocky Mountain News Feeds, Scripps News Feeds

Anger, tears greet Denver school-sharing plan

Tue, 11/18/2008 - 02:05
Denver Public Schools board members endured more than 90 minutes of angry criticism and student tears on Monday, as opponents of a plan requiring five schools to share space with new programs lined up to vent their frustration.
Categories: Rocky Mountain News Feeds, Scripps News Feeds

Two Littleton schools to close at end of year

Sat, 11/15/2008 - 02:05
Littleton Public Schools, which will close two elementary schools at the end of this year, faces tough economic times for years to come, officials said Friday.
Categories: Rocky Mountain News Feeds, Scripps News Feeds

Some shocks in Denver Public Schools school-sharing plan

Fri, 11/14/2008 - 02:05
Parents and teachers reacted with shock, concern and some relief Thursday to Denver Public Schools' recommendations that five schools share space with new programs next fall.
Categories: Rocky Mountain News Feeds, Scripps News Feeds

Littleton parents oppose board's decision to close schools

Fri, 11/14/2008 - 02:05
Outraged parents turned out in force Thursday night to protest the proposed closing of Ames and Whitman elementary schools in Littleton.
Categories: Rocky Mountain News Feeds, Scripps News Feeds

State board approves loan for San Luis schools

Fri, 11/14/2008 - 02:05
The Colorado Board of Education voted Thursday to loan $322,000 to the school district that serves the state's oldest community.
Categories: Rocky Mountain News Feeds, Scripps News Feeds

San Luis district awaits word on $322,000 state loan

Thu, 11/13/2008 - 02:05
Schools in Colorado's oldest community are seeking a state cash infusion to help straighten out tangled finances going back several years.
Categories: Rocky Mountain News Feeds, Scripps News Feeds

List of schools to share space revealed tonight

Thu, 11/13/2008 - 02:05
Denver Public Schools leaders will announce tonight which city schools must share their buildings with new programs next fall - and the list contains some surprises.
Categories: Rocky Mountain News Feeds, Scripps News Feeds

Colorado Teacher of the Year: Susan Elliott - a sign of achievement

Wed, 11/12/2008 - 02:05
Susan Elliott is an extraordinary teacher.
Categories: Rocky Mountain News Feeds, Scripps News Feeds

DPS count passes 75,000

Wed, 11/12/2008 - 02:05
Enrollment in Denver Public Schools this fall tops 75,000 students, the highest count in the district since 1976 and the initial turbulent years of federally mandated busing for desegregation.
Categories: Rocky Mountain News Feeds, Scripps News Feeds

Commerce City school district yanks local newspaper

Wed, 11/12/2008 - 02:05
The Commerce City school district on Monday barred a local weekly from its buildings after the newspaper printed questions on its front page about the board of education and the way schools are managed.
Categories: Rocky Mountain News Feeds, Scripps News Feeds

CU regents board to be more diverse

Tue, 11/11/2008 - 02:05
The University of Colorado, long criticized for underserving minorities, will seat its most diverse Board of Regents ever in January.
Categories: Rocky Mountain News Feeds, Scripps News Feeds

Space shuttle spider, butterfly experiment involves Colorado school kids

Mon, 11/10/2008 - 14:30
An experiment to test how butterflies and spiders develop in zero gravity will involve hundreds of Colorado school kids.
Categories: Rocky Mountain News Feeds, Scripps News Feeds

State's charter schools abuzz over Obama

Mon, 11/10/2008 - 02:05
Students at the high-performing charter school KIPP Sunshine Peak Academy have their gym classes on the tennis court and their music classes in the parking lot.
Categories: Rocky Mountain News Feeds, Scripps News Feeds

Student leader sees better uses for final bonus

Fri, 11/07/2008 - 19:21
A Colorado State University official said Friday it was "better for everybody" to let President Larry Penley leave with a $389,000 bonus, but a student leader said he's outraged by the settlement.
Categories: Rocky Mountain News Feeds, Scripps News Feeds

Penley's 'remote' leadership style assailed

Fri, 11/07/2008 - 02:24
The departure of President Larry Penley from Colorado State University follows several years of deteriorating relations with faculty members.
Categories: Rocky Mountain News Feeds, Scripps News Feeds

Apathetic youth? Not here, not now

Thu, 11/06/2008 - 02:05
Witness the so-called apathy of today's youth:
Categories: Rocky Mountain News Feeds, Scripps News Feeds
123456next ›last »