Melanie Asmar
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- Aug 30, 2026
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Chronic absenteeism fell in Colorado last year but still higher than before the pandemic (opens the original)
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Sign up for Chalkbeat Colorado's free daily newsletter to get the latest reporting from us, plus curated news from other Colorado outlets, delivered to your inbox. The share of Colorado students who were chronically absent last school year declined from the year before, although the percentage remained above pre-pandemic levels, according to data released Thursday by the Colorado Department of Education. A student is chronically absent if they miss 10% or more of their school days. The more scho
Colorado’s 2026 CMAS scores: See how your school and district did (opens the original)
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This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. New state test results show math scores continued to rise for Colorado elementary and middle school students, with eighth graders making the biggest gains year over year. But literacy test results were uneven. Fourth and fifth graders’ reading and writing scores ticked up, while middle schoolers’ results fell across the board. The data, released Wednesday, comes from last spring’s Colorado Mea
Free school supplies and backpacks: Check out these 2026 events in the Denver area (opens the original)
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The first day of school is almost here. If you need help finding free backpacks, school supplies, haircuts, clothing, and more, here’s where to get it in the Denver area. Do you know of an event that’s not on our list? Email co.tips@chalkbeat.org to tell us about it. Colorado Christian Fellowship, 14401 E. Exposition Ave., Aurora The Colorado Christian Fellowship will give away free backpacks and school supplies. Dick’s Sporting Goods Park, 6000 Victory Way, Commerce City This event is for Adams
All Colorado school districts must now have a cellphone policy. Here’s what the 20 largest adopted (opens the original)
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Nearly all of Colorado’s 20 largest school districts have adopted restrictions on cellphones before a state deadline Wednesday. A state law passed last year required districts to pass cellphone policies by July 1, although it did not mandate that districts ban phones. Five of the 20 largest districts adopted a bell-to-bell cellphone ban for all grades, meaning no cellphones from the first bell to the last bell. Eleven took a hybrid approach, prohibiting younger students from using phones through
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