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Colorado school districts to work with local health departments amid coronavirus threat
Colorado school districts have pledged to work closely with local public health authorities to keep students safe as federal health officials expressed mounting concern...
Behind closed doors: When it comes to seclusion and restraint, Colorado schools ‘are investigating...
Nearly every day, Brenna Wann saw staff members take young students, sometimes kicking and screaming, to the “quiet room” of her Colorado elementary school.
“They...
More poverty, fewer federal dollars: Suburban Denver schools face hard choices about who gets...
As poverty grows along Denver’s borders, some suburban schools are finding they have fewer resources to serve a changing crop of students.
School districts are...
This Colorado bill bans discrimination against ethnic hairstyles. In schools, change means going beyond...
Milani Cook remembers sitting between her mother’s legs as a little girl, wincing at each tug as her mother ran a comb through her...
Students, teachers plead for Denver district to do more in face of rising gun...
Five Denver students have died from youth violence, and it’s only halfway through the school year. The increase in violence, felt acutely in the...
Colorado legislators consider cap on school board campaign contributions
After unprecedented spending in the Denver school board election, Colorado lawmakers are considering limits on how much money donors can give to school board...
Some Colorado teachers could earn more waiting tables. Lawmakers hope to change that. Traditionally,...
Charles Cody Childers could make more money teaching in his native West Virginia. He could make more money by driving 45 minutes to teach...
Denver Superintendent Susana Cordova’s first-year challenge: finding common ground in a divided district 'One...
Susana Cordova’s first year as superintendent of Denver schools was marked by what one observer called a “torrent of change.” A month after she...
Polis pitches preschool expansion, insists Colorado can afford it
Surrounded by parents of preschoolers, early childhood teachers, and school district officials, Gov. Jared Polis didn’t have to make the case for universal preschool....
More Colorado students are graduating, even if it takes more time
Colorado graduation rates bumped up again in 2019 although districts posted more modest gains than before, and more of them saw decreases in the...