Colorado students who struggle with reading are getting better-trained teachers and higher-quality reading materials but it will be a while before many are reading on grade level, according to the latest evaluation of Colorado’s decade-old READ Act law.
Education officials have ordered 15% of the state’s school districts to replace low-quality elementary reading programs. It's a move toward enforcing a 2019 law requiring schools to use a reading curriculum backed by science in kindergarten through third grade.
Colorado Education Interests Spend Millions On Lobbying Mostly To Retain, Gain Funding - Denver, CO - Education interests spent more than $20.5 million to lobby state government from July 2015 through March this year.