Sergio De La Rosa remembers the moment he knew he wanted to be a teacher. He was running a Boys & Girls Club in Fort Morgan, providing after-school, summer, and fifth-day care to students in the ...

COLORADO (KOAA) — The Colorado Department of Education (CDE) has begun accepting applications for the 2025-26 Educator Recruitment and Retention Program. The program offers aspiring teachers and ...

Paraprofessional Kayla Linares works with a small group of kindergarteners at Stratton Meadows Elementary School in Colorado Springs. It’s no secret that Colorado is short on teachers, nor is it that ...

Colorado’s teacher externship program connects K-12 teachers with STEM-focused employers and offers hands-on, immersive learning experiences. As the state of the economy rapidly evolves, employers ...

And while states and local school districts are doing their best to understand the new environments they are working in, they have an opportunity amidst the chaos to focus on what is most essential ...

After a promising surge of federal support for new teacher-preparation models, the leaders of 40 programs came to Capitol Hill this week with a message for Congress: Now is not the time to take your ...

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It’s no secret that Colorado is short on teachers, nor is it that these shortages are more significant in specialized fields like special education and geographic areas like rural communities.