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![Aspen Daily News: Missing students: Thousands of children aren’t showing up in Colorado school data [News]](https://readycolo.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/EmptyClassroom2-400x250.jpg)
Aspen Daily News: Missing students: Thousands of children aren’t showing up in Colorado school data [News]
“Kindergarten enrollment is down. Dropout rates are up. Public school enrollment still hasn’t rebounded to where it was in 2019, before COVID-19 turned education upside down.”
Adams 14 School Board Fails Kids and Community, Deprives Them of High-Quality EducationÂ
Adams 14 School Board rejects U Prep contract despite approving charter school last year.
Charter school focused on black students challenged
Do Black students matter to school board members? Apparently not if you’re a school board member backed by the teachers union, if a recent charter school battle in Denver is any indication.
![The 74: School Budgets Soar 16% Over 2 Years, But Experts Warn of ‘Bloodletting’ to Come [News]](https://readycolo.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/BudgetsDown-400x250.jpg)
The 74: School Budgets Soar 16% Over 2 Years, But Experts Warn of ‘Bloodletting’ to Come [News]
As federal COVID relief dollars flow to schools across the country, budgets have swollen more than 16% over the last two years, a recent analysis of more than 100 districts reveals.
![The 74: ‘Nation’s Report Card’: Two Decades of Growth Wiped Out by Two Years of Pandemic [News]](https://readycolo.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Kid-Writing-400x250.jpg)
The 74: ‘Nation’s Report Card’: Two Decades of Growth Wiped Out by Two Years of Pandemic [News]
Two decades of growth for American students in reading and math were wiped away by just two years of pandemic-disrupted learning, according to national test scores released this morning.
![CPR: Colorado standardized test results are in. Here are 6 key takeaways [News]](https://readycolo.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/StudentTeacher-400x250.jpg)
CPR: Colorado standardized test results are in. Here are 6 key takeaways [News]
Colorado students in most grades did better on statewide tests in math and English this spring compared to last year. But scores in almost every grade level and subject area are still below where they were before the pandemic, according to newly released state test results.
Bees matter; Colorado’s kids matter more
Which of the following do you think was the funding priority of the Democratic majority for the recently completed legislative session in Colorado: yet another study on bees or grants for schools to help kids learn math?
![Colorado Politics: It’s time to modernize school transportation [Opinion]](https://readycolo.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/KidsGettingOnBus-400x250.jpg)
Colorado Politics: It’s time to modernize school transportation [Opinion]
While schools are now returning to normal, one area that districts continue to struggle with is a significant shortage of bus drivers. Across the state, districts are reporting bus driver shortages ranging from 15% to a stunning 40% of jobs that are vacant.
![Gazette: Commerce City’s kids deserve better [Opinion]](https://readycolo.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/StudentBlackboard-400x250.jpg)
Gazette: Commerce City’s kids deserve better [Opinion]
Since 2017, I have had the privilege of spending time listening and learning from parents, students, and educators in Adams 14 school district, based in Commerce City. I have heard the stories of struggle, determination and broken promises.
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