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2024 News Releases

Nov 2024

News Release -- Colorado Department of Education receives $1.6 million annual grant to strengthen School-Based Mental Health Services - November 20, 2024
News Release -- Colorado Department of Education accepting applications for Purple Star Schools Program - November 18, 2024
News Release -- Colorado Accountability Task Force recommends overhaul of state education accountability system - November 7, 2024

Oct 2024

News Release -- Colorado Department of Education announces Denver Public Schools educator Janet Damon as 2025 Colorado Teacher of the Year - October 2, 2024

Sep 2024

News Release -- U.S. Department of Education names four Colorado schools as National Blue Ribbon Schools - September 23, 2024
News Release -- Colorado Department of Education announces last finalist for Colorado’s 2025 Teacher of the Year - September 17, 2024
News Release - Colorado Department of Education announces two more finalists for Colorado’s 2025 Teacher of the Year - September 13, 2024
News Release - Colorado Department of Education releases preliminary school and district frameworks - September 10, 2024
News Release: Four teachers announced as finalists for Colorado’s 2025 Teacher of the Year - September 6, 2024

Aug 2024

News Release - CDE to host the 2024 Landscape of Wellbeing and Belonging Conference Sept. 18-19 - August 26, 2024
News Release: Colorado student attendance data from 2023-24 shows continued improvement - August 22, 2024
News Release: State assessment data shows Colorado students making gradual improvements in achievement - August 19, 2024

Jul 2024

Jun 2024

May 2024

News Release -- CDE teams with CU’s BUENO Center and Colorado Association for Bilingual Education to expand access to the teacher profession - May 30, 2024

Apr 2024

News Release -- TLCC survey results show positive perceptions of educator working conditions, need for support with student wellness - April 30, 2024

Mar 2024

Feb 2024

News Release -- Pearson selected to continue as contractor for state assessments - February 13, 2024

Jan 2024

News Release -- Community organizations invited to host summer meal program sites - January 29, 2024
News Release -- Two Colorado schools receive ESEA Distinguished School Awards - January 24, 2024
News Release - Educators encouraged to complete the Teaching and Learning Conditions Colorado survey - January 24, 2024
News Release -- Colorado public school enrollment continues to decline with 1,800 fewer students counted in October than the previous year - January 12, 2024
News Release - Statewide four-year graduation rate continues to improve - January 8, 2024

2024 State Board News Releases

Dec 2024

News Release -- State Board of Education finalizes 2024 School Performance Frameworks, highlights improvements across Colorado - December 12, 2024

Nov 2024

News Release -- Colorado State Board of Education hears details of 1241 Task Force recommendations for changes to accountability and accreditation system - November 13, 2024

Oct 2024

News Release -- Sherri Wright sworn in as CD3 State Board of Education member through January 2025 - October 28, 2024
News Release -- Colorado State Board of Education revises rules to expand ways for current teachers to obtain their special education endorsements - October 10, 2024
News Release -- State Board of Education member Stephen Varela resigns effective Oct. 1 - October 1, 2024

Sep 2024

News Release -- Colorado State Board of Education adjusts cut scores for digital SAT math on the Graduation Guidelines - September 11, 2024

Aug 2024

News Release - Colorado State Board of Education reauthorizes two educator preparation programs and a teacher apprenticeship sponsor - August 21, 2024

Jun 2024

News Release -- 6/14/24 -- Colorado State Board of Education approves 19 school construction projects funded through Building Excellent Schools Today grants - June 13, 2024

May 2024

News Release -- Colorado State Board of Education hears from Adams 14 and continues partial management plan - May 9, 2024

Apr 2024

News Release - Colorado State Board of Education approves innovation zone for Colorado Springs School District 11 - April 11, 2024

Mar 2024

News Release -- State Board of Education approves Denver’s Abraham Lincoln High School’s plan to continue with innovation - March 14, 2024

Feb 2024

News Release -- State Board of Education approves Aguilar Elementary School's partial management plan - February 15, 2024

Jan 2024

News Release - State Board of Education learns about Colorado’s changing school-age population - January 10, 2024

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