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Aspen Institute, 2021
The report contains real-world, proven school climate strategies to guide policymakers in building a comprehensive and coherent state-wide approach for improving school climate. It features 12 recommendations linked to existing state policy examples policymakers can use to build a comprehensive, coherent state-wide approach for improving school…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, School Policy, State Policy, Policy Formation
DeRaad, Carolyn G., Ed. – 1997
This guidebook is intended for use by charter school planning groups as they prepare their applications to create a charter school in Colorado. It is also intended to guide charter school groups that have already implemented a program. It covers essential components of the charter school application and includes examples from existing charters.…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Nontraditional Education
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Wardle, Francis; Winegarner, Nola – PTA Today, 1991
Presents guidelines to help parents and teachers promote good nutrition in their children. The article describes ways one Colorado school revised its nutrition policy to help the teachers work in the area of nutrition. A list of home activities for parents to support good eating habits is offered. (SM)
Descriptors: Eating Habits, Elementary Education, Health Education, Health Promotion
Urschel, Jane W. – American School Board Journal, 2002
Interviews with 11 Colorado state legislators about their views on local control reveal they have no fear of pushing the constitutional envelope when it comes to legislating school policy. School board members must get involved in the legislative process, whether by lobbying legislators on behalf of important education issues or testifying as…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Legislators, Lobbying
Caldwell, Russell B.; Arrington, Barry – 2000
This report discusses strategies that will help charter schools finance their facilities needs. It outlines the history of the Colorado Charter Schools Act, focusing on the contracting process, on dispute resolution and appeals, on renewal, on employee options, and on revenue allocation. The document also examines issues surrounding school…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Educational Administration, Educational Economics, Educational Facilities
Colorado Student Loan Program, Denver. – 1992
This guide and training manual, in loose-leaf format, is intended to assist lenders and schools participating in the Colorado Student Loan Program (CSLP). The manual consists of a series of single page (front and back) "ready references." Each ready reference includes a title followed by information on the subject and suggestions for…
Descriptors: Eligibility, Financial Services, Higher Education, Loan Default
Goggans, E. Patricia; Lawrence, Dorothy – 1980
This document is one of three publications designed to establish guidelines for the elimination of sex bias and sex stereotyping and the establishment of sex fairness in vocational education programs in Colorado. As an administrative reference, it provides background material about the problem and a plan of action for correcting it for school and…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Affirmative Action, Background, Bibliographies