In Colorado schools, post-pandemic performance gaps widen; boys are bouncing back quicker than girls

PLUS | Woody Paige: Another close loss, and Broncos must step up; Massive boulder falls into the road near Palisade and more. [View in browser]( [Share with a friend]( Springs PM Update Good evening. Today is Sunday, Aug. 20, 2023. Catch up on everything going on in Colorado in 5 minutes. [In Colorado schools, post-pandemic performance gaps widen; boys are bouncing back quicker than girls]( Results from standardized testing that Colorado public school students took in April show that, statewide, male students “provided more signals of recovery than females,” Colorado’s Chief Assessment Officer Joyce Zurkowski told the state Board of Education, in publicly releasing the data last week. [Read More]( [Woman assaults officer, EMTs during arrest: Colorado Springs police]( A woman faces assault charges following an arrest at a business in northeast Colorado Springs early Sunday, according to department officials. [Read More]( [PHOTOS: Salute to American Veterans Festival's 31st Remembrance Ceremony]( Remembrance in the sky. A plane makes its way back over the Veterans Remembrance Ceremony after a flyover Saturday in the “missing man” formation for the Salute to American Veterans Festival in Woodland Park. The flyover and ceremony were part of the two-day festival, which also featured a motorcycle ride to and from Cripple Creek. [Read More]( [Woody Paige: Another close loss, and Broncos must step up]( The Broncos lost to the officiating crew, then to the 49ers Saturday night. Sean Payton is agitated again. The Broncos haven’t been closers so far under the new head coach. They ‘’officially’’ lost each of their two unofficial exhibitions by one point in the waning seconds. The Cardinals won 18-17 and the 49ers 21-20. [Read More]( [Man with alleged firebomb arrested in northeast Colorado Springs, police say]( Colorado Springs bomb squad officers are investigating the circumstances of an arrest involving an alleged firebomb, according to law enforcement officials. [Read More]( [Broncos quarterback Russell Wilson making strides in preseason under Sean Payton]( Russell Wilson has quieted the critics. At least for the next two weeks. After a disastrous first season as the Broncos quarterback, all are on Wilson in the preseason under first-year coach Sean Payton. And through two games, with the likelihood he won’t play in next Saturday’s exhibition finale against the Los Angeles Rams, Wilson has responded. [Read More]( [Rockslide on I-70: Massive boulder falls into the road near Palisade]( A rockslide on Colorado's Western Slope Friday night shut down a stretch of eastbound Interstate 70 at mile point 47 for more than 20 hours over the weekend, according to the Colorado Department of Transportation. [Read More]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [LinkedIn]( [YouTube]( Was this email forwarded to you? Sign up [here.]( Engage in the conversation in [today's eEdition]( Interested in podcasts? Check out ours [here]( Already subscribed? [Log in.]( Manage your email preferences or unsubscribe [here.]( 30 East Pikes Peak Avenue, Suite 100 Colorado Springs, CO 80903