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State lawmakers have proposed a bill that would suspend Colorado Measures of Academic Success (CMAS) testing for this year. The bill would allow state education officials to request a waiver from the federal government to suspend its standardized tests. The U.S. Department of Education recently ruled that states should continue with standardized testing despite the restrictions of instructional learning due to the pandemic. "We believe that standardized assessments this spring would fail to fairly assess student achievement and growth and would result in an additional loss of instructional t...

Pueblo Community College announced the creation of a new chapter for the Federation for Advanced Manufacturing Education (FAME) on Monday during a press conference. FAME, a national organization that provides technical training to students interested in manufacturing, has 37 chapters across the United States. The organization has an 85% job placement rate nationally for students in the program. "They will have a lot of hands-on labs in electrical systems, mechanical systems, fluid power, hydraulics, lots of soft skills and professional development," said Jennifer Sherman, PCC's dean of busine...

Education in Pueblo has changed dramatically over the last couple years with new charter and online schools popping up around the city. The new schools are part of the local public school districts and offer new opportunities for students to get a different style education. One of those schools is Villa Bella Expeditionary School, located next to CSU Pueblo. Started in 2019, the school is currently available to students in grades K-4, but has plans to expand in the near future. "Next year we'll expand to K-5. Recently, District 70 has authorized us to add grades sixth, seventh and eighth,...