Publisher Marketing: From an award-winning, "meticulously observant" ( The New Yorker) writer comes a powerful and moving account of how refugee teenagers at a Denver public high school learn English and become Americans, in the care of a compassionate teacher. The Newcomers follows the lives of twenty-two immigrant teenagers throughout the course of the 2015-2016 school year as they land at South High School in Denver, Colorado, in an English Language...

Colorado is implementing focused, strategic improvements in education to ensure that all students are prepared for success in a globally competitive workforce.

The graduation guidelines have two purposes, the first is to articulate Colorados shared beliefs about the value and meaning of a high school diploma. The second is to outline the minimum components, expectations, and responsibilities of local districts and the state to support students in attaining their high school diploma.

The information presented in the Summary Report for Online Schools and Programs includes an examination of data focusing on online school performance in comparison to state averages, enrollment trends, accountability ratings of online schools and post-secondary work force readiness. The data examined in the Summary Report is comprised of information collected by various Colorado Department of Education data collections for online schools that have...

This guidebook is the result of two months worth of interviews with education stakeholders about the Colorado Achievement Plan for Kids (CAP4K). The purpose of this investigation was to document the policy process that produced CAP4K, analyze and clarify the stakeholder network, and catalog stakeholder concerns and opinions about the policy.