During Monday's hearing, Rep. Rhonda Baker, R-Yukon—the chair of the House's education committee—said she supported the restriction, but asked Caldwell why a school district couldn't just choose to ban cellphones on its own.

A longtime administrator and current interim superintendent was promoted to the top spot in the district he has served for years during another busy week of leadership moves and internal hires.

More than half of teachers who were not subject to any bans still avoided covering political and social issues with their students, according to a new survey.

For six years straight, Pueblo’s Minnequa Elementary received one of the two lowest ratings on the state’s school report card. Today it’s a green school – the top rating for schools.