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High Rockies Community School : “A whole forest instead of a playground.”
By Alan Gottlieb FAIRPLAY — One recent sun-kissed morning, 16 middle-schoolers sat on tree stumps in a semi-circle in a flower-strewn meadow, as teacher and school cofounder Kristine Helsper, working on a portable whiteboard perched on an easel, ran through a lesson on number patterns. Sacramento Creek provided background music, and squirrels darted up and […]
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What Five Charter Schools in One Rural Colorado County Tell Us About Public Education
By Kevin Hesla Colorado’s charter school debate is often framed through the experiences of Denver and other Front Range communities. But nearly 400 miles southwest of Denver, Montezuma County offers a very different picture of public school choice. The rural county is home to five charter schools. Together, they include a Montessori school, an Indigenous-designed […]
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Colorado is Making Progress on Absenteeism. Charter Schools are Leading the Way
By Kim Daly From childcare to mental-health support, Colorado charters are finding creative ways to remove the barriers that keep students out of the classroom. Colorado students are showing up to school more often. New attendance data from the Colorado Department of Education (CDE) shows chronic absenteeism declined across every grade level and nearly every […]
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