School Boards, administrators, teachers, and most importantly, students are grappling with how to deal with at least 6.12% cuts across the state for next year. Higher education institutions, students, and parents face possible tuition increases, as state funding for higher education faces down the Cliff. We’re keeping close track of the impact of cuts across [...]

Nora Hoskins Neureiter, PTSA President at Steck Elementary School in Denver, discusses the role of the private sector in public education during budget cuts.

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On August 13, 2009, the Building Excellent Schools Today (BEST) Program kicked off at the State Capitol and in Hooper, CO at Sangre de Cristo Elementary School after the financing was secured to start constructing four brand new state of the art buildings in the San Luis Valley, replacing schools built in the 1920s. BEST [...]