Education

A group of business leaders, foundation heads, lawyers and former city officials wrote Thursday to support University of Colorado presidential...


Fearing the worst, security officials from Denver Public Schools and the city and county of Denver urged the Denver school board Monday to postpone...


Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter addresses the state's education system during a news conference in Denver, July 31, 2007. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)

Gov. Bill Ritter gave his second State of the State speech this morning to a packed chamber of both the Colorado Senate and House of...


Denver teachers' merit-pay plan is getting national attention in the race for the White House, with Illinois Sen. Barack Obama touting it last month...


A federal appeals court Monday denied a request to rehear a challenge of a law allowing some illegal immigrants to pay in-state tuition in Kansas.


A loosely connected group of Colorado residents, organized by a conservative activist, filed suit Thursday over the state's property-tax rate freeze,...


Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter speaks at a press conference after he opened the Colorado Statewide Dropout Summit, December 5, 2007 being held at Mountain Range High School in Westminster, Colorado. Dan Ritchie, a member of the P-20 Council, is pictured at left.

Gov. Bill Ritter unveiled a $115.5 million plan Wednesday to get more at-risk kids in preschool, send 22,000 students to full-day kindergarten and...


State Rep. Buffie McFadyen, left, congratulates Peter Groff, center, after he was chosen by fellow Democrats during earlier caucus, to be the new president of the state Senate. Andrew Romanoff, Colorado Speaker of the House, right, jokes around with the two after a meeting. (Photo: RJ Sangosti/ The Denver Post)

After touring rural schools with rotting roofs and moldy floors, a group of state leaders is proposing a nearly $1 billion plan to bail out districts...


With Utah's voucher program dead, many hope the $9.3 million set aside by lawmakers will go to public schools.

But hard feelings and...


Vik Arnold, chair of Utahns for Public Schools, thanks supporters for their efforts during their anti-school voucher election night festivities Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2007, in Salt Lake City. (Photo: AP)

Utah voters on Tuesday killed the nation's first statewide school voucher program that promised tax dollars for private tuition, no matter how much a...


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