Colorado’s Small Rural Districts: A Potent Source of Education and Community
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In the small town of Walden, in a high mountain park in northcentral Colorado, Superintendent Amy Ward knows her families.
She knows that 64 percent of children in Jackson County live below the poverty line. She knows which ones go home to trailers with no insulation and which parents work seasonal ranch jobs.
She knows all of this because of her on-the-ground experience.
But the Colorado Department of Education (CDE) requires her district, North Park, to use a GIS-based mapping tool to identify
She knows that 64 percent of children in Jackson County live below the poverty line. She knows which ones go home to trailers with no insulation and which parents work seasonal ranch jobs.
She knows all of this because of her on-the-ground experience.
But the Colorado Department of Education (CDE) requires her district, North Park, to use a GIS-based mapping tool to identify
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