Colorado Farm to School Program
Colorado’s Farm to School program was started in 2010 with funding from the Colorado Department…
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Health and Wellness at School
The health of children and youth is an important consideration in schools. Here are some…
Time Machine Tuesday: Education in Early Colorado
What was the first school organized in Colorado, and who was the first teacher? Where…
Time Machine Tuesday: Old School Images
If you’re looking for early photos of Colorado’s schools, you may not think to look…
Special Education Resources
Students with disabilities, gifted students, and culturally/linguistically diverse students are among the populations served by…
Time Machine Tuesday: Education Standards, Yesterday and Today
The Colorado Department of Education issues academic standards, or descriptions of what should be taught…
Online Schools
Are you considering enrolling your child in a K-12 online program? If so, there are…
Charter Schools
If you are looking for information about establishing and administering a charter school, or are…
Time Machine Tuesday: Colorado Educational Directory
If you’re researching teachers, faculty, or other school personnel in Colorado, or are doing your…
School Required Vaccines
Colorado law requires students to be vaccinated before attending school. This includes day care and…
Time Machine Tuesday: Rural Schools
Colorado’s agricultural lands in the eastern part of the state and mountainous areas in the…
Back-to-School Toolkit
Back-to-school time is upon us, and this year the Colorado Department of Education has released…
School Transportation
Teachers and students aren’t the only ones gearing up for back-to-school. School bus drivers are…
Time Machine Tuesday: State Industrial Schools
In the nineteenth century Colorado established industrial schools for girls and boys who were in…
Time Machine Tuesday: Public Schools and the Great Depression
Amidst the Great Depression of the 1930s, “[t]he citizens of Colorado face[d] the problem of…
Parent and Family Resources
The Colorado Department of Education has put together a webpage, entitled Parent and Family Resources,…
K-12 Education Fact Sheets
Is your head spinning with all of the state’s K-12 education acronyms? Are you curious…
SAT and ACT Tests
Recently the Colorado Department of Education announced that Colorado would be switching from the ACT…
Colorado Education Statistics
The Colorado Department of Education (CDE) has many resources for finding statistics on Colorado K-12…
Student Assessment Results
Last spring, 2,200 4th graders and 2,300 8th graders took the National Assessment of Educational…