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Good morning! It's Ann Schimke with Chalkbeat Colorado.
As part of a regular five-year review, Colorado lawmakers are making incremental updates to state’s higher education funding formula. The idea is to drive more money to colleges based on how well they educate students. Reporter Jason Gonzales has the story.
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Colorado’s higher education funding formula rewrite takes another shot at putting a focus on students
Colorado’s current formula prioritizes funding stability, according to some higher ed leaders. Writers of the new proposed formula hope changes will prioritize school performance.
Denver school board adds a school to the district’s last remaining innovation zone
In adding Willow to the Luminary Learning Network innovation zone, the board rejected Superintendent Alex Marrero’s argument that doing so would increase school segregation.
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