Education - In The Classroom

Teachers have a shot at money for classroom supplies thanks to the Healthy Classroom Sweepstakes.As part of the Lysol-sponsored contest, 100 teachers nationwide will receive a $500 gift card to buy school supplies for the 2012-13 school year. To...... Full story

Colorado’s eighth-graders improved  in science on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), according to the Colorado Department of Education. Known as The Nation’s Report Card, Congress use NAEP results to help set...... Full story

Academy School District 20 has been named one of the 2012 Best Communities for Music Education by the NAMM Foundation.In all, 176 communities out of 237 that submitted surveys were recognized, including 166 school districts and 10 schools....... Full story

An Academy International Elementary teacher will be spending a week of her summer in class.Michele Tucker, a fifth grade teacher at Academy International Elementary in Academy School District 20, has been selected to attend the 2012 Mickelson...... Full story

Colorado Holocaust Educators are offering a workshop for educators to help them prepare for Holocaust Awareness Day.The session, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. April 17 at the University of Denver, is aimed at deepening teachers' understanding about the...... Full story

Horizon Middle School teacher Liz Dalzell-Wagers will soon take a class at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, and she'll be sharing the experience with her own students.Dalzell-Wagers is one of 20 teachers selected from more than 400...... Full story

A contest for students that combines research with creativity is celebrating its 20th anniversary with no intentions of slowing down.The ExploraVision program, sponsored by Toshiba and administered by the National Science Teachers Association is...... Full story

It’s celebration time for thousands of high school and college students in the Pikes Peak region. Here’s a schedule of commencement ceremonies. PUBLIC SCHOOLS ACADEMY SCHOOL DISTRICT 20*In the event that security concerns make Clune...... Full story

Teachers at four area schools earned recognition Wednesday for using technology in their classrooms, and received a boost in funding for their projects through the Qwest Foundation.• Broadmoor Elementary School, Cheyenne Mountain School...... Full story

Five Colorado high school students will receive full scholarships to a program focused on the U.S. Constitution thanks to the Daniels Fund.Application and scholarship information can be found online at www.ConstAcademy.org/applynow. The deadline is...... Full story

Doherty High School students put together a different kind of fashion show on Friday, Jan. 21.Doherty senior Chiara Wuorenmaa organized the show to give the students in the life skills department an opportunity to feel like stars."We want people to...... Full story

Students and youth groups sell a lot of different items to raise money, including cookie dough, wrapping paper and magazines.A company based in Hawaii has something else for kids to sell when fundraising: reading glasses.Hanalei Bay Eyewear...... Full story

Colorado College won a $490,000, three-year grant from the Mellon Foundation to support new approaches to the arts, the school announced recently.The grant allows Colorado College to explore the implications of digital communication and new media...... Full story

Eighth-grade students at Skyview Middle School in Academy School District 20 are competing in a contest that is aimed at getting students excited about language arts through creative writing while also incorporating 21st century tools.Skyview...... Full story

Students from Patrick Henry Elementary School in Colorado Springs School District 11 spent part of Tuesday at Colorado College to mark Liberty Day.Liberty Day is a non-partisan and non-profit effort to educate Americans about the Declaration of...... Full story