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• Teacher stays sharp by connecting with peers

  September 29, 2011 4:35 PM

  Early in the school year, third grade teacher Jene Herrera noticed something about her students at Highland Park Elementary, a Pueblo City School. "They can read very well, but they can't always tell me about what they've read," Herrera said. So this morning, her reading lesson involves a... more »

• Walking around the world

  September 28, 2011 8:14 PM

  Some fourth graders at Pioneer Elementary in Academy District 20 have walked half-way around the world. They're participating the Global Childrens Challenge wearing by pedometers every day for 50 days straight and keeping a log of their steps. Their daily class average of nearly 24,000 steps a day is... more »

• Space Foundation offers free teacher classes in Pueblo

  May 16, 2011 11:12 AM

  The Space Foundation is taking applications for a free one-week teacher training class on how to use space themes to teach science, technology, engineering and math. The Lunar/Mars Exploration and Base Construction course is being offered to teachers in the Pueblo are and will be held June 27 -... more »

• University fundraising falls 12 percent in 2009

  February 3, 2010 8:46 AM

  A new report says colleges and universities suffered a big drop in charitable contributions in 2009 -- the steepest drop in at least 30 years. The report by the Council for Aid to Education says giving dropped an average of almost 12 percent nationwide in 2009. Individual giving dropped... more »

• University of Colorado suspends course requirement to save money

  January 26, 2010 12:25 PM

  The University of Colorado in Boulder is suspending a course requirement to save money. CU is abandoning its "critical thinking" course requirement for some undergraduates. The university says it could save $200,000 a year by suspending the requirement for students in the College of Arts and Sciences. Currently... more »

• Education bill top priority in legislature

  January 14, 2010 8:36 AM

  Colorado lawmakers are rushing to pass a bill they hope will give the state an edge in competing for millions of dollars in federal education funds. The state Senate gave initial approval to the bill on Wednesday. It's expected to win final approval on Thursday before heading to the House... more »

• On a budget? Top 20 best value colleges

  January 12, 2010 2:22 PM

  The University of Colorado has landed in the Top 5 best value public colleges, named by the Princeton Review. The selection process took into account a wide range of data that included more than 30 factors in three areas: academics, cost of attendance, and financial aid. Academic factors included the... more »

• Planet hunters, other projects bring fame to CU

  January 12, 2010 1:31 PM

  Aerospace engineering students at the University of Colorado are hunting for new planets. Geology students are studying the loss of ice in the Arctic. Over in the physics department, students are involved with the Large Hadron Collider. These are three of seven projects that landed CU-Boulder in... more »

• CSU gets funding to study feedlot emissions

  December 31, 2009 8:40 AM

  Colorado State University researchers have received $1.15 million in federal funds to study how much nitrogen and ammonia are emitted from cattle feedlots. Feedlots along Colorado's Front Range are believed to be a major source of nitrogen pollution in Rocky Mountain National Park to the west. Biologists say the park's... more »

• Beverly Hills schools may oust outside students

  December 29, 2009 2:51 PM

  The Beverly Hills school district is prepared to boot about 10 percent of its student body after it ends a policy that allowed out-of-district enrollment. The change is causing an uproar among the so-called "permit parents," who mostly are reluctant to send their children to Los Angeles public schools. The... more »

• CU-Boulder gets grant to build tiny spacecraft

  December 29, 2009 8:45 AM

  The University of Colorado at Boulder has received $840,000 from the National Science Foundation to build a tiny spacecraft to learn more about solar flares and their effect on Earth's atmosphere. The three-year grant will go to CU-Boulder's Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics and the aerospace engineering sciences department.... more »

• Colorado Springs native named Rhodes scholar

  November 23, 2009 7:31 PM

  Colorado Springs native William D. Gohl is one of just 32 students nationwide to be named an American Rhodes Scholar for 2010. Gohl is a graduate of Saint Mary's High School in Colorado Springs and a senior at Regis University in Denver. He's majoring in English and politics, with... more »

• Failure 101: A class students could use

  November 9, 2009 11:39 AM

  Disgraced ex-New York Times reporter Jayson Blair talking to college students about ethics? What's next? The former head of Lehman Brothers on financial risk management? Such was the blogosphere's snarky tone last week when Washington & Lee University in Virginia announced Blair would speak Friday at a journalism... more »

• Gov. Ritter plans decrease for school funding

  November 6, 2009 9:37 AM

  Gov. Bill Ritter is proposing cutting state education funding because of the Colorado's budget problems. Speaking to education groups on Thursday, Ritter said that the plan would include a "modest decrease" for kindergarten through 12th grade schools. He plans to unveil his complete budget plan for next year late Friday.... more »

• Students build green cars for $7.5M in prizes

  October 20, 2009 3:04 PM

  The kids at West Philadelphia High School's Academy of Automotive and Mechanical Engineering are a driven bunch, and that's good news for everyone. What's driving them is their effort to design a 100-mpg passenger sedan that could go a long way - on very little fuel - toward helping to... more »

• Illegal immigrant college tuition bill in works

  October 14, 2009 3:17 PM

  Colorado Democrats plan to take another run at a bill that would provide reduced tuition to the children of illegal immigrants by creating a new class of tuition that would not require state subsidies. Sen. Paula Sandoval, D-Denver, says the measure, billed as the "Workforce Development and Unsubsidized Tuition Act,"... more »

• Pueblo City Schools approves new teachers, superintendent contracts

  October 8, 2009 1:51 PM

  The Pueblo City Schools Board of Education unanimously approved two major contracts Thursday morning--a two year deal with teachers, and a three-year pact with new superintendent Kathy West. Union teachers approved the contract in a vote last week. The teachers received a 2.2% pay increase for the first year... more »

• Pueblo teachers voting on new contract

  October 1, 2009 12:12 PM

  Teachers union members are voting on a proposed contract Thursday and Friday. The union reached an agreement with Pueblo City Schools, District 60, last Friday. Details in the 2-year pact have not been released. The old contract has already expired, but teachers agreed to a contract extension that... more »

• Obama wants longer school day, shorter summer break

  September 28, 2009 5:54 PM

  President Barack Obama is among those making the case that American kids aren't spending enough time in school. The president says that puts them at a disadvantage compared to other students around the globe. He's pushing for schools to add time to classes, to stay open later and to let... more »