MSU Denver junior takes on the education gap, a barrier to top jobs
If you want to understand the equity gap in education, do the numbers. Today, nearly 75% of Colorado jobs require some sort…
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Best of RED 2020
Earning a diploma on COVID-19’s front lines At the onset of the pandemic, nursing students joined STRIDE Community Health Center to…
After 10-year timeout, basketball coach graduates from college
Erik Shoeneman’s coaching career spans multiple colleges, but his own education was incomplete. To put his academic career into basketball…
CARES Act dollars help Colorado schools RISE
An innovative new public-private partnership is distributing CARES Act dollars to address K-12 and higher-education equity issues caused and exacerbated…
University takes safe and steady approach with the return to in-person classes
The look of excitement on his students’ faces put a smile on Scott Kerkmans’ own face in October. It had…
Changing lives one page at a time
Do you think of libraries as quiet, sterile museums for ancient texts? Janet Damon says think again. As a library-services…
This future teacher is dedicated to opening STEM to students with disabilities
Despite efforts to improve representation in STEM fields, students with disabilities are not only underrepresented in STEM classrooms; they’re also…
A parent’s guide to screen time
The COVID-19 pandemic is forcing parents – and psychiatrists and pediatricians – to rethink screen time. Prior to the pandemic,…
A parent’s guide to remote learning during COVID-19 closures
The continuing COVID-19 pandemic has forced Colorado’s largest school districts to institute fully remote learning through at least the first…
Will schools open? Experts weigh in on what to expect in education this fall
With COVID-19 cases again climbing across Colorado, the state’s largest school district, Denver Public Schools, announced Wednesday it would start the…