Interpersonal Communication: A Mindful Approach to Relationships helps readers examine their own one-on-one communicative interactions using a mindfulness lens. The writing team of Jason S. Wrench, Narissra M. Punyanunt-Carter, and Katherine Thweatt incorporates the latest communication theory and research to help students navigate everyday interpersonal interactions. The 14 chapters in this book cover topics typically taught in an undergraduate interpersonal...

"This document is a reflection of Colorado educators who have recommended or brought to our [CDE's] attention the diverse feedback tools they use, or want to use. This is a sampler from your colleagues ... not an endorsement from the Colorado Department of Education."--Page [2].

Under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), districts with schools that have failed to make adequate yearly progress for three consecutive years are required to utilize Title I funds to provide tutoring services to students in those schools who qualify for free and reduced lunch (a proxy for socio-economic status). The intent of the law is to provide tutoring services outside of the school day to increase the academic performance of those...

Supplemental Educational Services (SES) are additional academic instruction designed to increase the academic achievement of students in Title I schools with a status of Priority Improvement or Turnaround outside the regular school day. These services, which are in addition to instruction provided during the school day, may include academic assistance such as tutoring, remediation and other supplemental academic enrichment services that are consistent...

The process the Colorado Department of Education used to revise the Colorado Model Content Standards in 2008-09 was designed to be research-based, inclusive, and transparent.

This report compares the academic achievement and student growth of the fourday districts to the academic achievement of fiveday districts of similar size. Overall, the results indicate that both groups of districts perform similarly on the state assessments and that their students show very similar amounts of academic growth as reflected by the Colorado Growth Model.