Declining K-12 Enrollment is a Wake-Up Call
In a recent guest column in the Denver Gazette, ACE Scholarships CEO Norton Rainey frames Colorado’s ongoing drop in K-12 public school enrollment as a signal to rethink educational models rather than sound a crisis alarm. Noting that about 10,000 fewer students attended public schools statewide last year, Rainey argues that demographic shifts and evolving family preferences are driving the trend and that expanding educational choice — including support linked to the state’s new Education Freedom Tax Credit — can help meet diverse student needs without weakening public education.
September 2026
Colorado is poised to gain hundreds of millions of dollars in new resources for K-12 education. Much of that investment will be driven not by another line item in ...
September 2026
The start of a new school year brings a familiar ritual: Backpacks are packed, first-day photos are snapped, and families send children to school with optimism about the year ahead. That optimism is ...
August 2026
Every day at Sacred Hearts Academy, I have the privilege of watching young women fulfill their potential in an environment that empowers them to thrive. I see students grow ...
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