Author: By Eric Young

November will see a number of local board of education seats up for this year’s coordinated election in the Pikes Peak region. School board elections in Colorado are held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November on odd-numbered years. Board members are limited to serving two consecutive elected four-year terms unless their…

As the war between Israel and Hamas continues well into its second year, college protests have waned since the impassioned displays across the U.S. ranged from peaceful to violent and led to interventions from administration and law enforcement. At the Colorado School of Mines, however, a group of students has remained steadfast in its public…

Since becoming state law, universal preschool has greatly expanded access to early child care in Colorado, with some local school districts leading the charge. A new report released by the National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER) ranked Colorado third in the country for preschool enrollment for the 2023-24 school year, with nearly 70% of…

A federal court case alleging free speech violations against School District 49 will go to trial after a motion for summary judgment was denied. The motion involving the 2023 lawsuit, filed by current D-49 board member Deb Schmidt and Ohio resident Kelly Kohls, requested that Magistrate Judge Maritza Dominguez Braswell reach a verdict without going…

Preliminary figures indicate that many school districts in the Colorado Springs area lost students over the past year. Academy D-20 and School District 49 released preliminary numbers from their October student counts that both show decreases in student enrollment during their board of education meetings Dec. 12. D-20 reported a slight drop of 38 students…

The National Jewish Advocacy Center and attorneys representing Jewish students at Colorado College have filed a federal complaint against the school. The complaint filed Friday alleges that the college administration did nothing to address increased antisemitic harassment and discrimination on campus after the start of the Israel-Hamas war last year. The complaint goes on to…