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Community College of Aurora recognized for voter engagement efforts
2+ hour, 8+ min ago (235+ words) Schools that invest in nonpartisan civic engagement have higher campus voter registration and turnout rates, and as we approach this year's midterm elections, this work is more important than ever," Jen Domagal-Goldman, executive director of the ALL IN Campus Democracy…...
Award-winning journalist McKenna Harford joins Sentinel Colorado team
9+ hour, 59+ min ago (263+ words) AURORA | Award-winning Colorado journalist McKenna Harford will join the Sentinel Colorado news team in April to cover Aurora and local governments. Harford has been a journalist in Colorado since 2018, writing for Sky-Hi News, City Cast Denver, Bisnow and extensively for…...
Bill seeks transparency in Colorado school support for at-risk students
10+ hour, 31+ min ago (392+ words) DENVER | How do Colorado schools plan to help students who face the most challenges succeed? A bill progressing in the Colorado Capitol would require each school to answer that question by adopting a plan and then posting it online for…...
Federal funding for Colorado's child care program continues despite Trump cuts
23+ hour, 29+ min ago (243+ words) This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. DENVER | Low-income families in Colorado's child care subsidy program will get financial assistance at least through June 30 as a lawsuit challenging a Trump administration effort to withhold $10 billion in funding from five states…...
A college instructor turns to typewriters to curb AI-written work and teach life lessons
1+ day, 22+ hour ago (704+ words) Once each semester, Grit Matthias Phelps, a German language instructor at Cornell University, introduces her students to the raw feeling of typing without online assistance. No screens, online dictionaries, spellcheckers or delete keys. The exercise started in spring 2023 as Phelps…...
Having a conversation and creating best practices for your child's social media use
6+ day, 5+ hour ago (819+ words) The jury's decision in the first-of-its-kind lawsuit " centered on social media addiction " was applauded by doctors and advocates, who say they are hopeful it could eventually lead to industrywide changes. Experts say this moment provides a renewed opportunity to rethink…...
Georgia could become the first state with weapons detection in all public schools
1+ week, 1+ day ago (586+ words) A bill is nearing passage that would require weapons detection systems in a further reaction to a 2024 school shooting that killed four. "That rifle would have never reached our hallways," said Daria Lezczynska, a junior at Apalachee High School in…...
Aurora Fox program offers acting training and 'She Kills Monsters' performance
2+ week, 1+ day ago (263+ words) The Aurora Fox Arts Center has openings for its summer training program, the Foxlight Theatre Lab, a three-week intensive program for students grades 7 through 12. Formerly known as "Little Foxes," the program provides hands-on, production-focused training led by Talia Liccardello, a…...
Lawmakers consider bill to cut testing hours for Colorado students
2+ week, 2+ day ago (703+ words) DENVER | Teachers and students are overburdened by the amount of time the state requires them to spend on standardized testing. That's the message Senate Education Committee members heard on Monday from Colorado parents, teachers, superintendents, and school board members who…...
Colorado lawmakers reject bill to cut back on teacher evaluations
2+ week, 5+ day ago (541+ words) DENVER | House Bill 1291 would have allowed teachers with Colorado's version of tenure to be evaluated every three years instead of annually. There was a tiny catch: The once-every-three-years evaluation would not have applied to teachers rated partially effective or ineffective....