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Colorado students posted the lowest scores in more than a decade on the test known as “the nation’s report card,” with the steepest declines in middle school math and with Hispanic students losing the most ground. And while Colorado students posted better reading
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scores than did students in 27 other states, that was largely because other states lost even more ground. The learning loss from 2019 to 2022 on the National Assessment of Educational Progress, known as NAEP, points to the devastating impact the pandemic has had on the education of children in almost every pocket of Colorado and the nation.
reversed, NAEP results released Monday provide the most detailed and authoritative accounting yet, with data coming from a representative set of students nationwide and allowing for comparisons across states and some cities. “The results are appalling and unacceptable,” U.S. Secretary of
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Education Miguel Cardona said. “This is a moment of truth. How we respond will determine our standing in the world.” This year’s results reaffirm what Colorado education leaders and teachers already knew thanks to statewide assessments: Students fell behind. SEE TESTING, P14
Police, teachers weigh in school shooting discussion Weld RE8 discussing letting teachers carry arms BY NINA JOSS NJOSS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
On Sept. 11, 1992, a student at Palo Duro High School in Amarillo, Texas brought a gun into the building. He opened fire after a pep rally, shooting and wounding six other students. Steve Reams, a survivor of this shooting, now serves as the Weld County sheriff. In reflecting on the experience, he wondered if the situation could have turned out better had teachers been armed. “I remember teachers trying to figure out how to shield students and trying to figure out how to subdue or take on the suspect without any tools to do so,” he said. “I watched what happened and I can definitely see… if all those teachers had been armed, how that would have probably turned out much differently.” Reams is not the only person considering the idea of armed school staff. As the national community wrestles with the pros and cons of the idea, the Weld RE-8 school district has joined the conversation Every year before Thanksgiving, First United Methodist Church in Fort Lupton and the Fort Lupton Food and Clothing Bank provide community – with a diverse array of opinions members with food boxes. This will be the program’s 10th consecutive year. Above, Joe Hubert, left China Garcia andcoming Sue Hubert Changemembers. 4 Change, from with community
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