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Students in rural northwestern Colorado, where ranching and hunting are a way of life, are learning the mechanics of processing meat to help the ag industry. Listen to "Morning Edition" host Michael Lyle, Jr. discuss this story with Colorado Sun reporter Erica Breunlin and the read the Colorado Sun story at the link below.

State lawmakers have tried in recent years to better monitor and oversee seclusion, which means shutting a student inside a room, and restraint, which means physically restraining a student. But a loophole that legislators and advocates say was unintentional has meant that there is almost no public data about seclusion, while restraint data is more readily available.

An executive order has ended a policy that prevented federal immigration officials from making arrests at so-called 鈥渟ensitive鈥� locations like schools and churches. Now, some Colorado schools are working to better protect their students from potential immigration raids.

Since the pandemic, Colorado teachers say many of their students don鈥檛 have as much resilience to push through tough challenges in the classroom. It鈥檚 a concept they refer to as grit. So some educators are using strategies to help build back a sense of determination in their students. We hear about those tactics on today鈥檚 In The NoCo.

Some Colorado schools are testing out the use of AI in their classrooms. So far, there鈥檚 been a mixed reaction from students and staff.

The Colorado Department of Education recently adopted new treatment guidelines for kids who suffer concussions. The new guidance can speed recovery time by getting kids physically active and back to school quickly. Meet a doctor who鈥檚 making it her mission to help parents think differently about kids and concussions.

Air pollution can be two to five times worse indoors compared to outside, and it鈥檚 especially concerning for children, who tend to breathe in more air than adults in relation to their body weight.

According to a new policy in Colorado Springs, students need to put their phones away all day inside special pouches. Schools in Boise, Salt Lake City, and Las Vegas already have similar policies.

Colorado is among several states that ensure schools have access to the opioid overdose reversal medication naloxone for free or at reduced cost. But most districts hadn鈥檛 signed up by the start of the school year for a state distribution program amid stigma around the lifesaving treatment.