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Colorado mulls new rules for oil, gas drilling near schools
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Colorado oil and gas regulators are considering enlarging the mandatory buffer zone between new wells and school property. A proposal released by the state Oil and Gas Conservation Commission late Wednesday afternoon would require new wells to be at least 1,000 feet from buildings as well as outdoor areas that schools use, such as playgrounds…
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Taxes to fund higher teacher pay, more school safety are on Nov. ballot
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Seeing confidence in the economy, growing needs in schools, and strong public support for education, leaders of some large school districts will seek new taxes on November’s ballot. At least seven districts, including those in Aurora, Jeffco, Douglas, Thompson and Westminster, have approved proposals asking voters to increase local revenues to pay for new safety…
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How does Colorado rank on per-student school spending?
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With education funding and teacher pay much in the news lately, the U.S. Census Bureau is out with a timely set of tables showing that Colorado ranks in the lower third among the states in public-school spending per pupil. The tables, released Monday, show Colorado coming in at No. 39 nationally among the 50 states…
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Thousands of educators, allies flood Colorado’s Capitol
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Thousands of Colorado teachers swarmed outside the state Capitol and across Civic Center Park on Friday in the second day of demonstrations in Denver over teacher pay and school funding. Local educators donned red shirts as part of a nationwide effort by teachers who have walked out of their classrooms and schools to bring awareness…
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Colorado teachers push for more funding at state Capitol
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Like other educators, special needs teacher Christina Courtney dips into her own pocket to pay for supplies like pencils and tissues for her suburban Denver classroom. But she has also spent $300 on phonics materials and another $300 on rocking chairs and rugs to meet an evaluation requirement that her room have a creative and…
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No fix in sight for tax cuts squeezing rural Colorado
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In a Colorado resort town 40 miles south of Rocky Mountain National Park, a steady influx of tourists and residents means more fires for Chief Todd Holzworth to fight. His East Grand Fire Protection District in Winter Park has twice as many emergencies as in 2010, but his budget has been slashed by a quarter…
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Former Colorado Gov. Richard Lamm says Denver doesn’t want Amazon HQ2
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Amazon building an “HQ2” – a second headquarters – in Denver would “leave us toothless and blind,” says Former Gov. Richard Lamm. Lamm spoke at a forum hosted by the Denver Press Club Monday and joins the growing chorus of people that don’t think $5 billion in construction and 50,000 employees is the kind of…
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Noonan: Poor school funding over eight years leads to low four-year state graduation rates
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Colorado’s four-year high school graduation rate is bad. That should be no surprise. According to Education Week, Colorado achieved a 77 percent graduation rate in 2016, seventh from the bottom. Neighbor New Mexico has the lowest rate at 69 percent and Nebraska has the second highest rate at 90 percent. It’s interesting that road quality in…
