COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — There’s a 100% online principal licensure program run by Colorado State University Global to up-skill educators to help with the teacher shortage. It’s the only program of its kind accredited by the state of Colorado. With the ongoing teacher shortage, some educators may be looking for opportunities to up-skill and
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By COLLEEN SLEVIN, JESSE BEDAYN and THOMAS PEIPERT Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Colorado teachers flooded into the state Capitol Friday to press for better protections for students and school staff after a 17-year-old Denver student shot two administrators, fled to the mountains and killed himself. Roughly 1,500 teachers and their supporters called for improved
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — A fundraiser was started to help the family of the Italian foreign exchange student who was hit and killed outside Doherty High School. According to the El Paso County Coroner, 17-year-old Giorgia Trocciola was the student killed while crossing the street in front of the school Wednesday. Now, a GoFundMe was
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — District 11 announced it’s creating a school zone outside Doherty High School after a student was hit and killed while crossing the street. In Colorado Springs, roads in front of high schools aren’t labeled as school zones. According to officials, this practice is specific to the City of Colorado Springs.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — The Denver school shooting that left two faculty members injured is at the center of discussion at the State Capitol. Thursday, Denver Public School students held a ‘sit in’ at the capitol, pushing lawmakers for stricter gun laws once again. “Nothing has changed and something and something absolutely has to
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — After a three-month search, Academy District 20 has a new superintendent. According to a district spokesperson, the school board announced Jinger Haberer would be taking over the position over the summer. D20 said Haberer is the current Superintendent of the Ellensburg School District, in Ellensburg, Wash. She has 35 years
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Ethan Orr and his mother Amanda were determined to reform what they call “a broken system” after he was barred from competing in the state swim competition in 2021. It was Ethan’s senior year when he was disqualified for something connected to a medical condition he can’t change. Ethan, who
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Doherty High School students went back to class Thursday after one of their classmates was killed after being hit by a car while walking to school. “This morning has been very somber and very quiet,” said Devra Ashby, a spokesperson for Colorado Springs School District 11. Colorado Springs Police police
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DENVER, Colo. (KRDO) — The Denver Public Schools Board of Education and Superintendant Dr. Alex Marrero are expected to hold a news conference Thursday afternoon. According to our Denver news partners, this conference follows an executive session by the board. Wednesday morning, two staff members at Denver East High School were shot by a 17-year-old
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D20 fifth-graders are learning the impact one book can have on other kids. For the second year in a row, kids at Discovery Canyon Campus Elementary are teaming up with Children’s Hospital Colorado to donate 500 books to their neonatal care unit. The school is having a read-a-thon, while also encouraging families to donate new
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – A group of high school students in Colorado Springs were invited to attend a reception with Mayor John Suthers at the Colorado Springs Pioneer Museum to celebrate being recognized as outstanding students. Unbeknownst to parents and students, the event was a surprise announcement where eleven Colorado Springs students were awarded
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WOODLAND, PARK, Colo. (KRDO) – Woodland Park School District (WPSD) is now offering students at Merit Academy the same district school bus transportation offered to all other WPSD schools. In partnership with Durham Bus Services, those attending Merit Academy will receive expanded bus services through the WPSD starting this fall for the 2023-2024 school year.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – Dr. Angela Valdez with Harrison School District 2 was named the 2023 Elementary Principal of the Year. According to D2, Dr. Valdez is entering her fifth year as principal at Mountain Vista Community School and has been in education for over 20 years. In a statement on Facebook, the district
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Monday, March 20, teachers and staff at Discovery Canyon Campus High School learned how to use a tourniquet and how to apply pressure and wrap a gunshot wound, to help faculty become more prepared before paramedics arrive and help victims in the wake of a mass shooting. This comes as a response
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Saturday morning from 10-12:30, the Pikes Peak Business and Education Alliance held an informational expo at Rampart High School to help guide students into arts and design career fields. They partnered with local employers in the Pikes Peak region to provide interested students and their families with more info on
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U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. (KRDO) — Officials revealed Wednesday that workers have finished a third of the project to build a $56 million facility for cadet education and research on cybersecurity and artificial intelligence. Air Force Academy The Academy broke ground last summer on the Madera Cyber Innovation Center in summer 2021; the project
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Colorado school districts are pushing lawmakers for more money saying the system has been underfunded for more than a decade. Through the Kids Matter Too campaign students, parents and school districts are sending the message that the state needs to put kids first. Representative Cathy Kipp said in 2000, voters
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO– Students at Chavez-Huerta K-12 Preparatory Academy and Swallows Charter Academy will be rewarded for reading their way to earning $100. ‘Reading Pays,’ is a summer reading program that pledges a $1 Million Reading Challenge to help encourage students to foster a love for reading. The program offers Pueblo County youth the chance
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EADS, Colo. (KRDO)– The Sand Creek Massacre Foundation received an Inclusive Storytelling grant from the National Park Foundation to help educate and honor the legacy of the Sand Creek Massacre. The program helps to “ensure more complete historical narratives are present and accessible across national parks.” The grant will be used to fund projects such
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — Monday, the Senate Education Committee moved a proposed bill forward that would expand the pool of student educators who qualify for loan forgiveness and stipend programs. Two of the prime sponsors of HB23-1001, Barbara McLachlan (D) and Cathy Kipp (D), of HB23-1001 told KRDO it’s a “clean-up” bill that expands on
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