My family has had quite a year of multiple hospital visits (heart surgery, anyone?) and ongoing misfortunes that would render even Murphy (as in the “Law”) speechless.
I resolved to kick 2011 to the curb by doing my holiday shopping and preparations early so I could feel like I had at least something under control.
Oh, how [...]

Colorado failed once again to receive a grant in the latest “Race to the Top” competition, the U.S. Department of Education announced this morning.
In the previous two rounds, Colorado was a finalist, but did not receive any funds.
North Carolina, Massachusetts, Washington, Delaware, Ohio, Maryland, Minnesota, Rhode Island and California were chosen to receive anywhere from [...]

A coalition of 18 community organizations has launched a nearly $1 million Internet-based project that translates state rankings of public schools into simple letter grades.
“Every parent can relate to grades A through F,” said Colorado Succeeds president Tim Taylor, a member of the Colorado School Grades coalition. “We’re not changing inputs, just translating in a [...]

In a ruling that could have profound consequences for Colorado’s budget, a Denver judge Friday said the state’s school-funding system is not “thorough and uniform” as mandated by the state constitution.
The state’s school-funding system “is not rationally related to the mandate to establish and maintain a thorough and uniform system of free public schools,” District [...]

Resistance to schoolwork is futile. You will be assimilated into the schoolwork collective.
Public school or homeschool, there’s bound to be resistance to schoolwork at some point, or multiple points. How do you handle the complaints, the dislike, the utter resistance that kids throw our way?

At one recent Denver middle-school open house, the principal greased visiting fifth-graders’ palms with chocolate. Another dangled international travel before visitors. And one captivated recruits with classroom chairs that actually bounce, to accommodate fidgeting pre-teens.
Practically every Denver middle school now invites fifth-graders and their parents to an open house. Many host fifth-graders as they “shadow” [...]

**Contest closed. Congratulations to winner Heidi Olivera!**
For the next 25 days leading up to Christmas, we need to shop so why not do it online for a great cause that gives back to your child’s school?
You’ve probably heard of General Mills’ Box Tops for Education where you earn cash for your child’s school by clipping [...]

Near-record campaign contributions, national media attention and large voter turnouts revealed deeper public interest in education in Colorado this year.
Mostly stagnant graduation rates and the increasingly costly needs of remediation for those students who decide to pursue higher education have spurred a reform movement offering myriad choices for quick change.
Others see the movement as a [...]

By the time a child gets to Mount St. Vincent Home, he or she has been abused, neglected or witnessed abuse. Some have mental illness, and some have been in several living situations.
Some arrive with only a plastic bag, filled with a few clothes and maybe a favorite toy. They are scared and afraid they [...]

Some schools across the country have adopted a no-tolerance program when it comes to transgressions such as tardiness, cursing, and ditching.