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Good morning! It's Ann Schimke with Chalkbeat Colorado.
Low-income students in Colorado will soon be eligible for short-term job training through an expansion of Pell Grants. Reporter Jason Gonzales has all the details.
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Colorado will select training programs for new Pell initiative. But data shows a ‘mixed bag’ in outcomes.
Coloradans will know as soon as mid-August which state training programs are eligible for Workforce Pell money. Data shows selecting these will come with many considerations.
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What We’re Reading
Denver school board member seeks new meeting to discuss — and possibly take action on — Alex Marrero’s employment, Denver Post, (Paywall)
This school was Priscilla Chan’s bold education experiment. It just closed. Wall Street Journal (Paywall)
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