Tag: Boulder Valley School District
Learning environment
The tentacles of serendipity are what reeled Molly Weber into the topic of climate change: her twin sister’s eighth-grade fascination with jellyfish.
“She started learning...
Empty desks
When the pandemic hit in early 2020, classrooms sat vacant as students moved to virtual instruction. Four years later, schools have moved back to...
Opportunity costs
In Boulder County, the promise of public education as the great equalizer is challenged by the stark realities of school funding, economic disparity and...
Melting away
Kids, bundled tight in winter coats, gloves, scarves and hats, racing sleds down a gentle slope. Hot cocoa held in numb fingers, sipped by...
‘Possibility and Power’
Twenty-five years ago, a group of retired teachers decided to do something about the racial discrimination and bullying they saw in their classrooms. So...
