Posted on 17 December 2009. Tags: Bill Ritter, Colorado Commisson on Higher Education, Colorado Department of Higher Education, Colorado Promise, Colorado Rockies, Department of Higher Education, Dick Monfort, Higher Education, Jack Pommer, Jim Lyons, Jobs Cabinet, K-12 Education, Rico Munn, Rothgerber Johnson & Lyons, University of Northern Colorado
Warning that higher education is facing a funding crisis next year, Gov. Bill Ritter named businessman Dick Monfort and attorney Jim Lyons on Thursday to chair a new committee and come up with a roadmap for the future of Colorado’s 27 public colleges and universities.
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Posted on 14 December 2009. Tags: Adams State College, Charlotte Mendoza, College of Education and Behavioral Sciences, Colorado Christian College, Colorado College, Colorado Council of Deans of Education, Colorado Department of Education, Colorado Department of Higher Education, CU, CU School of Education, CU-Boulder, CU-Colorado Springs, CU-Denver, CU-Denver School of Education, Denver Area Superintendents’ Council, Eugene Sheehan, Fort Lewis College, Julie Greenberg, Kate Walsh, Lorrie Shepard, Lynn Rhodes, Mesa State College, National Council on Teacher Quality, NCTQ, Paul Kuebis, PLACE Exam, Praxis II, Preparing Tomorrow’s Teachers: Are Colorado’s Education School Graduates Ready to Teach Reading and Mathematics in Elementary Classrooms?, Regis University, School of Education, Teacher Preparation Programs, UNC, University of Colorado, University of Colorado at Denver, University of Northern Colorado, Western State College
A new report by the National Council on Teacher Quality zings Colorado’s teacher preparation programs for failing to insure that their graduates are adequately prepared to teach reading and math.
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Posted on 19 November 2009. Tags: American Bar Association, Barbara J. Kelley, Bill Ritter, Colorado Bar Association, Colorado Department of Higher Education, Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies, Indiana University, Kamlet Reichert, Law Week Colorado, Rico Munn, Sam Cary Bar Association, Top Women Lawyers
Barbara J. Kelley, a partner at the Denver law firm Kamlet Reichert, was named today by Gov. Bill Ritter to serve as the new executive director of the Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies.
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