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FRCC student one of eight selected nationwide for DREAM Scholars program
2+ hour, 16+ min ago (356+ words) The DREAM Scholars program has selected Nubia Garza, a student at Front Range Community College, as one of eight community college students nationwide to participate in its 2026 program. As a dually enrolled high school junior and college student, Garza is…...
Kids spend hours in school on screens. And for what? (Editorial)
1+ week, 6+ day ago (347+ words) U.S.schools spent $30 billion on educational technology in 2024, roughly 10 times the amount they spent on textbooks. By one estimate, this sum could double in six years. Yet as children spend more time on school-issued screens, learning is deteriorating. Before spending another…...
CU Boulder program seeks donations to continue supporting former foster care students
2+ week, 1+ day ago (402+ words) At 12 years old, Lydia Myers entered the foster care system in Illinois, beginning a years-long cycle of rotating between foster families and girls" shelters. She held seven part-time jobs throughout high school to support herself, with her sights always set…...
Boulder County childcare assistance enrollment freeze nears two years
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (864+ words) As Boulder County's Child Care Assistance Program enrollment freeze approaches two years, local child care leaders are warning that stopgap measures helping low-income families afford care aren't sustainable long term. "We don't see an end in sight," she said. "Families…...
Volunteering with children can build character and create lasting family memories
2+ mon, 5+ day ago (1005+ words) By CATHY BUSSEWITZ, Associated Press Teacoach had reached out to many organizations looking for volunteer projects that she could do with her young child, but most places said no, so she came up with her own. "Everyone was like, "A…...
A case for childlike wonder in a grown-up world (Opinion)
2+ mon, 5+ day ago (524+ words) I got my son an Elf on the Shelf this year. Do I regret it? Absolutely. But it reminded me of something this holiday season, something too easy to forget in our modern age. For an otherwise bright child, my…...
Parents under pressure offer creative tips for moving Santa’s spy Elf on the Shelf
2+ mon, 4+ week ago (763+ words) A few years ago, Kurt Neesley of Redondo Beach, California, was brainstorming where to put his family's Elf on the Shelf for his three kids to find the next morning. "Three glasses of wine usually gets the creativity flowing," said…...
To stave off smartphones, parents answer the landline’s call: ‘I can’t recommend it highly enough’
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (817+ words) By Rachel Hutton, The Minnesota Star Tribune MINNEAPOLIS " Teenagers are generally obsessed with their smartphones. So much so that Kristin Hatling's family recently encountered a gaggle of them who had brought their screens into a resort's hot tub. "My daughter,…...
Takeaways from new survey as Coloradans report improving mental health, struggles affording housing
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (825+ words) Coloradans" mental health is finally improving, despite high levels of self-reported loneliness and widespread problems affording necessities, according to a poll of roughly 10,000 people. The Colorado Health Access Survey, released Wednesday, polled residents from February through July, asking about their…...
CU Boulder professor leads effort to help save the Arapaho language
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (41+ words) University of Colorado Boulder professor Andrew Cowell has created two digital databases that preserve the Arapaho language so it can be taught to younger generations, as the Arapaho people have less than 100 native speakers left worldwide. More in Local News...