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education
Gifted, Talented and Beyond
Under big, shady trees and the airs of collegiate grandeur, the University of Northern Colorado’s Kepner Hall has been temporarily transformed into a summer camp for smart kids. Children fill high-ceilinged classrooms, discussing concepts of truth or government through the…
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10 Extraordinary Adventures
Actually, it IS Rocket Science… No need to rocket to Houston or Cape Canaveral to get a far-out space camp experience: We’ve got a great one right here in Colorado.
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Professor X
Carly Gilbert radiates with passion when she talks about the kids she teaches.
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Confessions of an Average Kid
At some point during my interviews for this month’s SuperKids profiles, I recognized my own ordinariness.
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Raising the Bar
After almost 10 years, it’s finally time to fix “No Child Left Behind,” the main federal education policy. In the coming months, we have a historic opportunity to overhaul our federal education law by building on the progress made and…
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Smart Schools
TOOLS Both public and private schools are investing in specific tools to make kids ready for the real world. It’s all about exploring modern technology to keep kids on the cutting edge while ensuring they understand the basics.
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A Conversation Peace
Outside, a thunderstorm is looming, clouds are growing wild and wooly over the Front Range, and lightening flickers in the distance. Inside a gently worn historic-home-turned-peacenik-refuge on Longmont’s Terry Street, Deb Witzel’s energy is also growing electric. The executive director…
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History Lessons
In the fall of 1993, the first charter schools in Colorado opened. The previous legislative session had been rife with debate over these newfangled schools, but the movement had support from then-governor Roy Romer and numerous interest groups.
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