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Across borders, through detention, and into Colorado classrooms: The journey of solo children
At 15, he made the long, frightening trek across Central America and the U.S.-Mexico border with a smuggler. Then he continued on an even...
The growth and location of Denver charter schools, explained in 3 charts
Over the past five years, the number of Denver students attending district-run schools has decreased while the number of students in charter schools has...
‘I used to be a proud Daniels Fund scholar.’ New application draws criticism for...
Agree or disagree with these statements: “Government should decide how business profits are distributed.” “I don’t feel much of an attachment to the USA.”...
An end to Denver’s reform era? Teachers union-backed school board candidates win big Tuesday’s...
The Denver school board is on the verge of a historic shift, with two candidates backed by the teachers union scoring decisive wins and...
School board election: Who’s running and what’s at stake in Denver’s District 1 race
Denver voters face a choice this November that could change longstanding education policies and practices in the state’s largest district.
Three Denver parents are running...
School board election: Who’s running and what’s at stake in Denver’s District 5 race
In a part of Denver that has experienced rapid changes, voters face a choice that could shift long-standing education policies and practices in the...
School board election: Who’s running and what’s at stake in Denver’s at-large race
Three former Denver students are running for an at-large seat on a school board that will help shape how the Denver school district approaches...
What Proposition CC would mean for Colorado schools
Colorado voters face a decision this November that could send millions of additional dollars to the state’s schools in good economic times — or...
Union-funded committee apologizes for mailer misrepresenting Latina candidates’ names
A political committee funded by the Denver teachers union apologized Thursday night for an attack ad decried as racist by the school board candidates...
With three weeks to go, spending in Denver school board races has topped $1.3...
Welcome back to Chalkbeat’s campaign finance tracker. We’ll track how much each of the nine Denver school board candidates has raised and spent in...