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Colorado's rural districts are a major part of the state's 178 school districts yet only comprise 20 percent of the total student population in the state. While these rural school districts often have small student populations, they represent critical aspects of Colorado's education system.
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[2009]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
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Greg Mortenson stumbled, lost and delirious, into a remote Himalayan village after a failed climb up K2. The villagers saved his life, and he vowed to return and build them a school. The remarkable story of his promise kept is now perfect for reading aloud. Told in the voice of Korphe's children, this story illuminates the humanity and culture of a relevant and distant part of the world in gorgeous collage, while sharing a riveting example of how...
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2005.
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The State Advisory Committee for Gifted and Talented Student Education (SAC) presents to the State Board of Education information from three SAC subcommittees: Gifted Education in Rural Settings, Accountability and Quality Teacher. The rural committee uplifted the strengths and challenges of gifted programming in Colorado's smallest districts. The accountability committee narrowed the focus for the 04-05 year to suggestions for measuring gifted student...
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2018
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 12
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The narrator was with her best friend, Sarah, when the Virgil County High School Massacre happened. She and Sarah were in the bathroom, and the story is that Sarah died after confessing her faith to the gunman. Sarah's parents are about to publish a book about it, so this is the narrator's last chance to tell her version of the truth--what did and did not happen, and why Sarah really died.
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