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With youth as audience, Denver mayoral candidates focus on fentanyl at 5280 High School forum
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Recent mayoral debates have been combative, but the forum on Thursday, which focused on fentanyl, was much more collaborative. Candidates were asked questions by students at 5280 High School, which specializes in providing education for youth dealing with substance misuse and addiction. Their queries, which all dealt with fentanyl use, treatment and support systems for…
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Committee unanimously advances bill to create a free adult high school in Colorado
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Coloradans age 21 and up could soon earn a high school diploma in person for free, if a bill unanimously advanced by the Senate Education Committee is passed into law. Senate Bill 3 seeks to create the Colorado Adult High School Program, providing a free high school education and free industry certificates or college credits…
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More teens working in Colorado, U.S. than before the start of COVID-19 pandemic
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School is out for summer and that means teens aren’t only looking forward to warmer weather and vacations, but also summer jobs. And they’ll have plenty of company. In 2021, 39.6% of teens ages 16 to 19 were participating in the nation’s workforce, while 32% of Colorado teens in that age group were part of…
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Denver to educate youth about marijuana, not scare them
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A new education campaign from the city of Denver will encourage young people to learn about marijuana risks. Many young people think marijuana use “is the social norm, but that’s not actually the case,” the city said in a statement. The statement also noted that the 2015 Healthy Kids Colorado survey said that 74 percent…
