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Facial recognition technology adds safeguards at some Colorado schools. It also raises questions about civil rights

Some Colorado schools use facial recognition cameras to track students in real time. A proposed state bill seeks to regulate the technology amid growing debate over its impact on safety and student privacy.

Some students may have lost their ‘grit.’ Can teachers and parents help bring it back?

Colorado teachers say their students are missing something that helps determine their academic success—grit. Some educators and parents have developed strategies to build more grit in their kids.

Chronic absenteeism is plaguing Colorado schools. Here’s what two districts are doing about it.

Based on recent student interviews about absenteeism, young people at Summit High School are missing class most often because of sickness or mental health issues, family responsibilities, transportation problems and work obligations.