Author: Evan Wyloge
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Colorado’s poorest schools have fewer highly effective teachers than the richest schools, raising equity concerns
Colorado Schools’ Road to Recovery logo Colorado’s “highly effective” teachers are unequally distributed across its public schools, according to a Gazette analysis of the state education department’s teacher evaluation data. The poorer a school is in Colorado the more likely it is to have fewer “highly effective” teachers, while top-rated teachers are mostly concentrated in the…
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5 takeaways, other notable trends from Colorado schools’ test results
Test scores for some schools show educators are closing the learning loss gap, but one advocate says, “In reality we haven’t closed the gaps for anybody.”
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News analysis: Roe decision led to spike in Colorado’s voter registration, particularly among women
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Voter registration in Colorado surged, particularly among women, in spikes that coincide with the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision overturning Roe v. Wade, a Colorado Politics analysis shows. The analysis, which delved into voter registrations between May and September of this year, shows women, especially Democrats, are outpacing registrations by men in all but one of the seven…
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ANALYSIS: Roe decision led to spike in Colorado’s voter registration, particularly among women
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Voter registration in Colorado surged, particularly among women, in spikes that coincide with the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision overturning Roe v. Wade, a Denver Gazette analysis shows. The analysis, which delved into voter registrations between May and September of this year, shows women, especially Democrats, are outpacing registrations by men in all but one of…
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ANALYSIS: Roe decision led to spike in Colorado’s voter registration, particularly among women
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Voter registration in Colorado surged, particularly among women, in spikes that coincide with the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision overturning Roe v. Wade, a Colorado Politics analysis shows. The analysis, which delved into voter registrations between May and September of this year, shows women, especially Democrats, are outpacing registrations by men in all but one of the seven…
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‘Non-survivable’ evacuation routes threaten some of Colorado’s most wildfire-prone areas
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About a 45-minute drive west from downtown Denver, nestled in the shadow of Mount Evans, Evergreen flourishes as one of the gems of the Rocky Mountains. Its dense pine forests give way to craggy ridges that look down on creek beds winding through the dozens of Evergreen’s mountain neighborhoods, all centered on an alpine lake…
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Colorado drought conditions improve again slightly
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With recent rain and snow across the state, Colorado’s drought conditions continue to improve slightly, according to the National Drought Mitigation Center, though the area remains in a long-term drought. Two weeks of precipitation have finally pushed a small part of the state, in the northern Rockies, back into “normal” conditions. “Rain and mountain snow…
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Thousands of Colorado patients put in peril due to risky prescribing of psych medicine
Gene Estes, looks out over the mountains his son, Shayn Estes, loved as he has a smoke outside his Crested Butte condo Thursday, May 5, 2022. Gene found his son dead Oct. 17, 2020, from an overdose and believes benzodiazepines are responsible. CHRISTIAN MURDOCK, THE DENVER GAZETTE Gene Estes implored his son, Shayn, to go…
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Douglas County schools ordered to turn over records request targeting teachers who walked-out
The name of the person who made a Colorado Open Records request for the names of Douglas County School District teachers who participated in a sick-out in February has been released by the district. Mike Kane, a law partner of KHOW radio host Dan Caplis, made the request, he said, after he heard Caplis call…
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Ukrainian media: Free press now a target in war with Russia
In any newsroom, decisions are made every hour, every day, in response to changing circumstances. If a wildfire breaks out, or a sports team trades a top player, or a mass shooting devastates a community, editors and reporters have to decide who can be sent to report, who can shoot photos, where in the paper…