Author: By Melanie Asmar Chalkbeat
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Colorado to launch Youth Mental Health Corps to help address teens’ mental health needs
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Colorado is one of four states set to launch a new public-private program this fall aimed at addressing both the growing mental health needs of teenagers and a lack of providers. Called the Youth Mental Health Corps, the program will train young adults ages 18 to 24 to act “as navigators serving middle and high…
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Denver has the largest test score gaps by race in the state
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Denver Public Schools has the largest test score gaps in all of Colorado between white and Black students, and between white and Hispanic students, in both literacy and math. Data released last week from standardized tests Colorado students took last spring shows that white students in Denver scored near the top in the state, while…
