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AURORA — One Colorado charter network has kept its doors open for in-person learning all the way through the COVID-19 pandemic, and in that time no student, faculty or staff
AURORA One Colorado charter network has kept its doors open for in-person learning all the way through the COVID-19 pandemic, and in that time no student, faculty or staff member has transmitted the virus to another person.
Third Future Schools, a system of free public K-8 charters (one in Aurora, two in Colorado Springs, and one in Texas), has managed to keep a majority of its 1,440 students safely showing up for full days of school.
As for the secret, Third Future educators say there is none.
“What we’re doing is not that radical. … We don’t have any more money than anybody else,” said Mike Miles, CEO of Third Future. “We just found a way to separate the kids.”
With many people wondering whether traditional schooling is going the way of the chalkboard, the mimeograph machine and the overhead projector, some educators are preparing for what seems like an