Free breakfasts for needy kids dropped in Colo.
Colorado lawmakers facing a gaping budget deficit have decided to end free breakfasts for needy children funded by the State Department of Education.
Colorado lawmakers facing a gaping budget deficit have decided to end free breakfasts for needy children funded by the State Department of Education.
Researchers are finding that students aren't learning much in college and they aren't being challenged.
A Colorado education official says a new online application system should help reduce a backlog in processing applications for teaching licenses.
An overwhelming majority of Americans are frustrated that it's too difficult to get rid of bad teachers, while most also believe that teachers aren't paid enough, a new poll shows.
More than 10 schools in District 51 are now without a member of law enforcement walking the hallways.
The new Education Accountability Act has some gubernatorial praise falling on 14 school districts around the state. Governor Bill Ritter says they’ve shown extraordinary academic growth and excellence using new performance standards.
Results of an international student assessment show U.S. students continue to trail their peers in a pack of higher performing nations.
There's a push underway to get all middle and high school students in the Grand Valley CPR certified.
Colorado is among eight states chosen to have students tested in math and science for a study comparing their performance with students in more than 60 countries.
It’s time for high school kids to start thinking about scholarship applications, and a local employment center is set to help out.
Lying and cheating, most District 51 students wouldn't think about plagiarizing but there are some who dare to turn in work that's not theirs and technology is making it even easier for them.
A national union is praising a new study that found that offering performance bonuses to teachers does nothing to raise test scores.
Tuesday President Obama addressed the nation's students in a back to school speech.
President Barack Obama addressed the nation's schools Tuesday.
A new kind of high school has made its way to Grand Junction from the Front Range.
The number of college students defaulting on their federal student loans is climbing, and those who attend for-profit schools remain the most likely group to default, according to new government data released Monday.
Average scores on the SAT college entrance exam are holding steady as a record number of students and more minorities than ever take the test, a report Monday says.
More than 16 million kids across the U.S. receive free or reduced priced meals at school but concerns have risen that some families in Mesa County, and throughout the country, could be taking advantage of the program.
In an effort to make sure all students are on an even playing field when it comes to learning, one local non-profit is reaching out to the kids who need the most help in school.
District 51 and the Grand Junction Chamber of Commerce are teaming up to bring 500 new tutors into local classrooms by the end of the year.
Parents rely on school bus drivers to get their kids to and from school safely and on–time. But in the first few weeks of school it's a little tougher for them to do, with so many new faces.
Democratic Gubernatorial Candidate John Hickenlooper says he'll eliminate the current Colorado Student Achievement Tests to save money and get quicker results that will help students.
Check out this burger... two and a half pounds of meat, a half pound of bacon and a half pound of cheese. Top that out with a pound and a half of fries and you get, a full stomach. Fast.
One day after 11 News broke the story boys and girls were being separated during lunch time at Grand Mesa Middle School, the principal of the middle school calls off the new separation policy.
School today is ever evolving. No doubt, it's much different than even a decade ago, when strict deadlines dominated homework. However, District 51 is taking a more easy–going approach to assignments.
