yesenia robles
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Where are the kids? Colorado school enrollment trends shed light on closure discussions
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As three large metro area school districts grapple with school closures due to declining enrollment, a common question looms: Where did all the children go? To help answer that question, Chalkbeat looked at school enrollment data, county birth rate data and U.S. census data showing the number of children under 18 living in each school…
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Report: Districts can do more to give black and Hispanic students access to college courses
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School districts could do more to ensure students, particularly students of color, have an opportunity to take college classes while still in high school. That’s the conclusion of a new report from a student advocacy group that looked at disparities in access to what is known as “concurrent enrollment” in Colorado schools. Programs allowing students…
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Colorado legislature killed big-picture review of public schools — so guv orders it instead
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Reassessing Colorado’s K-12 education system is a big job. So big, evidently, that Gov. John Hickenlooper isn’t going to wait for the legislature to get around to it. Certainly not after the state Senate’s ruling Republicans snuffed out legislation that would have gotten the ball rolling during the 2017 session. Hence, the governor’s executive order…
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In Aurora’s schools, there’s no escaping the politics of immigration
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Chalkbeat Coloado’s Yesenia Robles captures the no-win frustration of trying to assuage anxiety as well as anger over the immigration tug-of-war in an urban Colorado school district, Aurora Public Schools. Denver’s eastern neighbor is easily one of the most ethnically diverse communities in the state and has one of the highest concentrations of immigrants. And like other…
