Colorado Education - Articles from Colorado Education Leaders
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- 10 Homeschooling Fears and How To Conquer Them
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Hands-on learning, seeing the a-ha! moment, flexible schedules - there are lots of things to love about homeschooling. But, might there be a downside too? Here are ten things that you might hate or end up hating about homeschooling and a few reasons to push past each one.
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Getting the Most Out of Reading
Reading is a key that unlocks learning, brings mysteries to life, showcases wondrous ideas and opens the imagination. Reading is not just some…
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Build Your Child's Problem-solving Skills
One of the most important life skills children struggle to learn is problem-solving -- the process of identifying a problem, coming up with a …
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- The (Im)Perfect Homeschool
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Things are never quite what you imagine them to be. As a kid you imagine perfect summers spent lazily drifting in a lake or days spent getting as dirty as possible and seeing how long you could stay that way before an adult notices. As a teen you imagine driving the perfect car and thinking that ...
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Break Time- How To Prepare
It’s the school year round (up until high school) and the kids have been working hard. They have finished their grade level curriculum and it’…
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Why I Believe in Brain Training
Coming from a background in teaching with a great deal of experience in special education, I was originally very skeptical about brain trainin…
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- Your Teenager’s Brain Exposed
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First, let’s be clear: these are explanations, not excuses. No one’s condoning your son’s tendency to drive 20 miles over the speed limit or your daughter’s ability to shapeshift from angel to imp in 10 seconds flat. But if nothing else, understanding the physical developments (or lack thereof) b...
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High School Game Plan- Ease the College Jitters
Welcome to the jitters.
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Online P.E. Courses Win Gold
Watching the 2012 Olympic Games in London this summer was inspiring and motivational. With the USA bringing home 104 Olympic medals, with 46 o…
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- College Decisions: Reflections on a visit to Laramie
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As my sixteen-year-old daughter begins her junior year of high school in Highlands Ranch, she’s already thinking about life beyond graduation, which is why we found ourselves sitting in the admissions office on the University of Wyoming campus in Laramie recently.
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Be Smart in Planning for Your Future
History is filled with hundreds of examples of mass mania, delusion and people looking to make a fast buck . . .
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How To Switch Majors Successfully
Choosing a major is often met with trepidation. College students may feel pressured to choose a major when they are less than certain about wh…
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- Year of the Student: Adopt-A-Day Program
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Middle school music students from across the metro area had a chance to strut their stuff in front of legislators, their aides, parents and community members at a recent ‘Music Education Day’ at the Capitol.
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Summer Camp for the Brain
Summer is coming and parents are beginning the scramble to get plans made--trips, camps, sports, and a little downtime too! In addition to al…
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Your Brain is Like a Sledding Hill
So often in life as well as in science, things would just be easier if they were this or that, black or white, nature or nurture. But like lif…
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- Frequently Asked Questions From Parents- Part One
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Everyday, the Lindamood-Bell® Learning Center receives phone calls or talks face to face with the parents of potential or current students. These parents all have at least two things in common. They want to help their child be the best that he can be, and they are looking for help. Our goal is to...
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Using Dr. Seuss to Teach Phonemic Awareness
One of the most important building blocks of reading is phonemic awareness. And one of the masters of this skill has a birthday in March: Dr. Seuss!
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Learning by Discovery and Discussion
I’ve been reading Mortimer Adlers’ book How To Think About the Great Ideas and I’ve come across some validating information. In chapter 22 he …
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Strategies for College Planning and Savings in Today’s Economy
In tough times, the thought of paying your children’s way through college can sound daunting, but it’s something most of us hope to be able to…
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Donating to Your Alma Mater: Is it Worth It?
Students spend four (or more) years paying tuition to their school. Upon graduation, many students find that the requests for donations begin …
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What to Look For in a Graduate Program
Today's college graduates are facing a difficult job market, one that is flooded with unemployed professionals but few job openings. As a resu…
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To Go or Not to Go? Weighing the Cost of Continuing Education
Adults are going back to school for a variety of reasons these days. Whether it be that they have personal accomplishment goals, a purely fina…
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March 2013: The Turning Point for Colorado Students
This year, Great Education Colorado has joined with more than 160 organizations and 9,000 individuals to demand that the legislature make 2013…
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Proposed Budget, Local School District Election Success Pave Way To Make 2013 "Year of the Student"
DENVER – Inspired by the combination of overwhelming voter support for local school funding measures and the first proposed state budget in fo…
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"Year of the Student"- Call to Action
This year, Great Education Colorado is working with over 100 other organizations to make sure that our state leaders will make next year the "…
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Two Good Questions to Ask Your Candidates
Consider this: This year's legislative candidate could be next year's legislator, and next year's legislators will decide whether 2013 will be…
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Articles designated with this are written by staff reporters with Colorado Community Media. Disclaimer: the opinions presented in all other columns are the authors’ own and should not be considered the official opinion of CCM.
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New Study Shows ACC Contributes $216.513 million to the local community
DENVER – Today, Dr. Nancy McCallin, president of the Colorado Community College System released a study detailing the economic impact the Colo…
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Get Money Smart! April 21 – 28
Being smart about money isn’t always easy. Staying smart about money can be even harder, especially for teenagers headed to college.
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