Exploratory School News Today

The ECHO & Family Center Early Childhood Council released its Fremont County Child Care Assessment on April 24, which not only revealed that childcare providers, nationwide, are at an all-time low but also that more families could take advantage of the Universal Pre-K program.Applications for Universal Preschool have been open since January and ECHO project […]

The Cañon City School District is moving forward to address much-needed construction projects after securing $23 million worth of grant funding last fall. In 2023, Cañon City Schools was one of just 17 districts chosen to benefit from a Building Excellent Schools Today grant. A total of 48 proposals from across the state were submitted […]

Thousands of students cycle through the Fremont County school districts every year but each one likely has a special memory of at least one teacher, faculty member, or fellow student who has changed their life for the better. Virginia Freda is undoubtedly one of those people. After spending nearly 35 years in both the Cañon […]

Cañon City residents showed their support for local children and teenagers with Tuesday’s approval of ballot item 4A. According to unofficial election results Wednesday morning, the ballot item passed by a vote of 5,846 (61.38%) for the measure and 3,679 (38.62%) against the measure. “I am truly humbled by the overwhelming show of support from […]

Once again our government is going to try to dupe us into believing that a relatively small discount on our taxes today, by approving Proposition HH, is worth all the refunds we will forfeit in the future for many, many years to come. On Nov. 7, Vote no on Proposition HH. Have you been misled […]

In celebration of Red Ribbon Week, three elementary schools in Cañon City participated in a special event on Thursday. Cañon Exploratory School, Washington Elementary, and Lincoln School of Science and Technology gathered at the Cañon City High School practice field alongside local firefighters, police officers and members of the Colorado National Guard for the landing […]

Recently, Cañon City Schools received some wonderful news. The state of Colorado awarded the district a grant of $23 million dollars to address structural issues on the Cañon City High School campus. This is an opportunity to make our already great schools even better! However, there’s a catch. We must provide matching funds to secure […]

American schools have been declining for years, and there are many reasons why.

The Math & Science Exploratory School MS 447 in Brooklyn plans to change their name because of lowered admission standards as their students performed poorly on their math tests.

Kids are back in school now, but schools are not back to excellence. Our students lag far behind the rest of the world in basic learning, including a dismal ranking in the bottom third in math skills among industrialized nations with whom we compete. Math is a casualty of the leftist takeover of education, which…