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After Burroughs was adopted by his mother's shrink at age 13, his childhood took a turn for the bizarre with electroshock machine fun and games; month-long family/patient sleep-overs on the front lawn; a physician-assisted fake suicide attempt to get excused from school forever; and a pedophile living in the barn. Running with Scissors is the true story of a boy whose mother (a poet with delusions of Anne Sexton) gave him away to be raised by her...
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2014.
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In 2011, the Colorado General Assembly passed House Bill 11-1027 (sections 26-6-601-605, C.R.S.) which required the CDHS to develop a quality rating and improvement system (QRIS) for school district and charter school early childhood education programs are embedded in licensing for all early education and care programs, including programs based in public school districts and charter schools.
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Issue brief volume 19-13
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2019.
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This issue brief provides an overview of early literacy education and assessment programs, specifically the provisions of the Colorado Reading to Ensure Academic Development (READ) Act, the assessment of reading skills, and the oversight of local education providers as it pertains to literacy education.
11) Supporting K-3rd grade literacy development: overview of the READ Act and implementation timeline
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2013.
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Achieving reading competency by the end of third grade is a critical milestone for every student and predicts ongoing educational success. If a student enters fourth grade without achieving reading competency, he or she is significantly more likely to fall behind in all subject areas beginning in fourth grade and later grades. Early literacy development is not only a critical milestone in a child's path to success, but it is also one of Colorado's...
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2021.
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The Department of Early Childhood (DEC or department) was established by H.B.21-1304 and will consist of early childhood programs. The Governor's Office requests, on behalf of the future department, funds to establish the executive and administrative infrastructure for the department. The request will provide for department administration and leadership, human resources, finance and budget, program management, policy and communications, and data analytics....
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2017.
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Several decades of research have established the benefits of high-quality early care and education (ECE) to children's short and longer-term social-emotional and academic outcomes. Early educators are considered "the single most important factor" in high-quality ECE. Yet despite the fact that early educators' jobs have expanded in recent years, the professional qualifications required, the compensation that they receive, and the environments in which...