Public Education
Denver Public Schools recommends school closures amid enrollment woes, outraging parentsDenver Public Schools has recommended closing seven of its 207 schools, prompting outrage from many parents. “The proposal is ridiculous. You’re asking the community to completely break… Read More
Government
School choice is on the ballot in these 3 statesUnder the looming shadow of a monumental presidential election are three state ballot measures that could change the lives of hundreds of thousands of K-12 students. Measures in… Read More
Culture
Three states will vote on repealing marriage amendments(The Daily Signal) – Voters in three Western states will consider ballot measures this November to repeal marriage amendments previously approved by voters. These measures would add redundant legal… Read More
Culture
Colorado governor silent on whether he’ll use far-left smear factory to cancel conservatives after flag squabble(The Daily Signal) – Colorado’s Democratic governor, Jared Polis, did not respond to concerns that his administration would rely on the Southern Poverty Law Center to exclude conservatives… Read More
Courts
Colorado Supreme Court dismisses case on procedural grounds against Christian baker after 12-year legal battleThe latest legal action against the Christian baker who refused to bake a cake celebrating a gender transition has been halted after the Colorado Supreme Court dismissed the lawsuit. Read More
Government
Mother warns against Colorado law prohibiting abortion pill reversal that saved daughter’s life(The Daily Signal) – When Mackenna Greene took the abortion pill to end the life of her unborn daughter, she immediately knew she had made… Read More
Courts
Lawsuit: Colorado teacher claims he was fired for identifying as a proud AmericanA teacher is suing after allegedly being fired for refusing to accept his district’s “anti-white and anti-American agenda.” Patrick Hogarty was an educator for nearly 20 years and… Read More
Culture
Here’s how a Venezuelan gang was able to infiltrate the US and wreak havoc in major cities(Daily Caller News Foundation) – A notorious Venezuelan gang is extending its tentacles into the U.S. on the back of the Biden-Harris administration’s border crisis, and experts say that… Read More
Opinion
The Colorado education establishment is peddling school choice myths. Here’s the truth.The Colorado Board of Education is peddling myths about school choice as voters weigh a constitutional amendment in November’s election. Lisa Escárcega and Kathy Plomer, both members of… Read More
Public Education
Liberal law school offers course that worries about threat of ‘authoritarian Christianist nationalism’ in legal system(Daily Caller News Foundation) – A top public university’s law school is offering a class this fall that aims to explore the U.S.’ political shift towards “authoritarian Christianist nationalism”… Read More
Courts
Colorado parents sue district for assigning 11-year-old daughter to bed with male studentThree Colorado families are suing their school district for rooming their children with transgender classmates of the opposite biological sex – and hiding it from the parents. Read More
Public Education
Illegal immigrants try to board California school buses as Denver suburb deals with armed Venezuelan gangsA sheriff’s office in Southern California is investigating a series of incidents where illegal immigrants allegedly attempted to board school buses, in one instance blocking the road. Read More
Public Education
‘Indoctrination’: Colorado parents outraged by elementary school LGBTQ history standards launching this fall(The Daily Signal) – Colorado’s new LGBTQ social studies standards, which include first grade lessons on LGBTQ history, transgenderism, and the rainbow flag, is age-inappropriate… Read More
Courts
Parents sue over Colorado gender pronoun law they say worsened their daughter’s mental health problemsColorado’s new Name Change Law “perpetuated” a 14-year-old girl’s painful attempt to transition her gender amid a battle with underlying mental health struggles, her parents… Read More
Public Education
Report: Colorado must review academic, overall performance of 4-day school week(The Center Square) – A nonprofit policy organization is recommending the Colorado Department of Education immediately examine the effectiveness of four-day school weeks in the state. The Keystone… Read More
Public Education
Denver students can earn ‘seal of diversity’ for taking queer lit, gender studies classes(The Daily Signal) – A Denver high school allows students to take classes such as Queer Literature and Gender Studies to earn a “Seal of Diversity”… Read More
Public Education
Hundreds of educators stand up to teachers’ unions at Teacher Freedom SummitNearly 300 teachers attended this year’s Teacher Freedom Summit to learn how to counter “tactics used by the [National Education Association] and [American Federation of Teachers],” the two largest… Read More
2024 election
Colorado Democratic Congresswoman asks Biden to ‘pass the torch’(The Center Square) – U.S. Rep. Brittany Pettersen, a Democrat serving Colorado’s 7th District, on Friday asked President Joe Biden to “pass the torch” to another Democratic candidate to… Read More
Courts
Colorado awards $17 million for anti-vaping programs from e-cig settlement(The Center Square) – Two nonprofit organizations will receive more than $1.8 million from Colorado as it distributes more than $17 million to address youth vaping. Servicios de… Read More
Culture
Marxist state rep loses Colorado Democratic primaryThe state representative who helped author the Colorado Education Association’s (CEA) anti-capitalism plank last year lost his bid to stay in the state House. Read More