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Billions at Stake as NY Climate Law’s ‘Disadvantaged Communities’ Label Directs Flood of Funds

New Yorkers’ knowledge of their neighborhoods’ environmental history could help the state decide where it targets billions of dollars in green investments in the coming decades. As state officials and agencies gear... Read more »

The body’s response to allergic asthma also helps protect against COVID-19

Scientists are discovering a surprising bright side for some people with asthma: They are less susceptible to COVID-19. The very same immune system proteins that trigger excess mucus production and closing of... Read more »

Without state leadership, Michigan’s patchwork tutoring programs struggle to address learning loss

The lightbulb went on for Cahni James as she sat on a brightly colored rug with a tutor and three other third graders at her school in Ecorse, a city just outside... Read more »

Colorado leaders react to leaked Supreme Court draft decision overturning Roe

Colorado leaders reacted this week to a leaked draft decision from the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn the landmark decision Roe v. Wade, which established a constitutional right to abortion.  The report on the leaked draft... Read more »

Denver school board vacancy draws 5 applicants

Five people have applied to fill a vacancy on the Denver school board. They include two former Denver Public Schools teachers, the founding principal of a Denver charter school, a college administrator,... Read more »

Colorado may offer Adams 14 students transportation to other schools

Some Adams 14 students who want to attend higher-performing schools may have more options this fall as the state seems poised to pay for transportation. This would represent the first time the... Read more »

Oklahoma’s preschool program ranks second in national report

Oklahoma ranked 2nd in the nation for its pre-K access for 4-year-olds and met nine of 10 national quality standards presented in a new report from the National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER).... Read more »

Gov. Polis opposes proposed charter school federal grant changes

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis has publicly and loudly opposed proposed changes to federal rules that could make it harder for charter schools to get start-up grants. Polis, a Democrat who founded a charter... Read more »

Rocky Mountain National Park fees set to increase

The cost of visiting Rocky Mountain National Park is set to increase. A one-day vehicle pass will go from $25 to $30 beginning on May 27. Park officials say the increase is necessary... Read more »

Climate change, mental health services, a better education system: what marginalised young people told us needs to be fixed

In youth policy and service delivery the idea of youth voice and participation is an uncontested “good thing”. But which youth voices? Who is heard and who is left out? Our recent research in Melbourne’s... Read more »