The Colorado State Board of Education is responsible for setting statewide standards for K-12 students. Local school districts then align curricula to those standards. As the Social Studies Standards revision committee is active, public comment continues to pour in. Last month the Department of Education received more than 17,000 emails[Read More…]
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Stay tuned …
I keep a count by the subject matter of emails coming to my inbox. Getting top score lately is the upcoming revision of the Social Studies Standards. The second highest score concerns the reading proficiencies of our third-grade students. Parents and community members have not been reluctant to share their[Read More…]
Guest Opinion: Local control: accept it or make a difference
BY JOYCE RANKIN | Special to the Herald Times RBC I We talk a lot about local control, and we believe that government works best when it’s closer to the people. It sounds good and seems to work well unless you disagree with your local government or school board. Recently,[Read More…]
Across the Street: Civics classes need to come back
RBC | “An informed citizenry is the heart of a dynamic democracy.” ~ Thomas Jefferson Civics is the study of the rights and duties of citizenship. The United States Citizenship Civics Test is the test all immigrants applying for U.S. citizenship must pass. Unlike Colorado some states are requiring that students[Read More…]
Rankins hold town hall meetings
RANGELY I Colorado Republican House District 57 Representative Bob Rankin and his wife, Republican State Education Board Member Joyce Rankin, held a small town hall style meeting in Rangely Tuesday night. The informal and sparsely attended meeting covered a wide variety of topics including education, severance taxes, transportation funding and[Read More…]
