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Denver Post: Core standards are education’s best hope
May 15, 2013
By: Donna Lynne Denver Post May 15, 2013 Today's workplace demands highly educated employees who can succeed in an increasingly complex and global economy. As a business leader and parent, I am impressed with the hard work and innovative strategies educators engage in daily to meet the needs of students. Yet, despite these efforts, ...
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Blog: Colorado Legacy Foundation Promotes Health and Wellness for Kids
May 1, 2013
By: Jennifer Kelly Blog April 30, 2013 An apple a day just isn’t what it’s cracked up to be. At the fifth annual Colorado Legacy Foundation luncheon, nearly 1,000 guests watched the debut of the Foundation’s latest awareness-raising video (http://colegacy.org/2013/04/health-wellness-video/). This, their second in the last ...
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Colorado Legacy Foundation Co-Hosts Bullying Prevention Institute
April 25, 2013
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 25, 2013 Colorado Legacy Foundation Co-Hosts Bullying Prevention Institute Educators Gather to learn Strategies to Create Healthy School Climates DURANGO, CO – Today, the Colorado Legacy Foundation (CLF), in partnership with the Colorado Department of Education (CDE), the Colorado School Safety Resource Center ...
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Colorado Legacy Foundation Announces Winners of Ignite Innovation Challenge
April 19, 2013
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 19, 2013 Colorado Legacy Foundation Announces Winners of Ignite Innovation Challenge Online competition awards dedicated Colorado educators DENVER, CO –Today, the Colorado Legacy Foundation (CLF) announced the winners of the 2013 Ignite Innovation Challenge, an online award competition to find Colorado’s most innovative approaches ...
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2013 Ignite Innovation Challenge
April 19, 2013
Video montage from the winners of the 2013 Ignite Innovation Challenge.
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Arne Duncan Video Message
April 19, 2013
US Secretary of Education offers remarks to welcome attendees at the 5th Annual Legacy Luncheon.
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Health & Wellness Video
April 19, 2013
Check out the CLF Health & Wellness video which made it's debut at the 5th Annual Legacy Luncheon!
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Colorado Legacy Foundation Hosts 2013 Healthy Schools and Integration Summit
April 17, 2013
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 17, 2013 Colorado Legacy Foundation Hosts 2013 Healthy Schools and Integration Summit 34 Schools Received a Total of $42,500 as Part of the Nationally Recognized Healthy School Champions’ Score Card Program DENVER, CO – Today the Colorado Legacy Foundation (CLF) hosted the 2013 Healthy Schools and Integration ...
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Gazette: Manitou elementary wins healthy school award
April 17, 2013
By: Carol McGraw The Gazette April 17, 2013 Don’t expect a big gooey cake dripping with caramel sauce and sprinkled with crushed candy bars to celebrate Manitou Springs School District 14’s big wins in the healthy schools competition. “Carrot juice maybe,” joked Laurie Wood, who oversees D-14’s health programs. Manitou Elementary School was one of ...
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Denver Post: As STEM education programs take hold, Colorado seeks common vision
April 15, 2013
By: Kevin Simpson Denver Post April 15, 2013 LONGMONT — Students in Travis O'Hair's Creative Engineering class at Skyline High School had grown accustomed to designing solutions to problems stemming from hypothetical hurricanes or earthquakes. Then he introduced them to a 10-year-old girl from a neighboring elementary school whose debilitating joint condition made it impossible for ...
