colorado children’s campaign
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Colorado has more children, but fewer young students entering public schools
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Colorado is increasing its number of children and their diversity, says the 2019 Kids Count from the Annie E. Casey Foundation. And reduced teen pregnancies and other developments are spurring a school enrollment trend that bears watching. Colorado children ages birth to 17 have increased by 43% since 1990 – the sixth-largest increase in the…
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Faulty data doesn’t stop bill to ban corporal punishment
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Colorado would become the 32nd state in America to outlaw corporal punishment in public schools under a bill approved by the House Education Committee, after lengthy discussion and questions about disputed data about the number of such incidents in the Sheridan School District No. 2 and other districts. State Rep. Susan Lontine, D-Denver, sponsors House…
