Tag: student performance
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Colorado schools see improvement in student attendance, drop in chronic absenteeism
One of the larger hindrances of public education after the COVID-19 pandemic was a dramatic rise in chronic student absenteeism. However, new state data released Thursday indicates schools are continuing to recover from this. According to the Colorado Department of Education (CDE), student attendance increased by 0.7 percentage points, up to 91.5%, while chronic absenteeism…
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D-11 finalizes policy prohibiting cellphone use ahead of school year
When class resumes across Colorado Springs School District 11 Monday, it will mark the beginning of a major shift in the presence of cellphones in its schools. Starting in the 2024-25 school year, they will become the first school district in El Paso County to prohibit the use of all students’ personal technology devices during…