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Denver school board bans use of handcuffs on elementary school students
Campus safety officers employed by the Denver school district will no longer be allowed to use handcuffs on elementary school students, after the school...
Jeffco schools to consider updating LGBTQ policies as backers call for ‘more foundation and...
Supporters of stronger LGBTQ policies waited together for six hours to explain why the Jefferson County Public Schools board should update its anti-discrimination practices....
Many refugee students register for school using the wrong birthdate. Advocates urge Aurora district...
Some Aurora students are aging out of local schools — often because of an incorrect birthdate on their immigration documents.
“I had several students who...
Seeking to deter a ‘morbid fascination,’ Jeffco may rebuild Columbine High School
Twenty years after the Columbine shooting, Jefferson County Public Schools is considering rebuilding the high school in a nearby location with the hope that...
Denver teacher ‘will not return’ to district after reportedly making black student clean up...
A 6-year-old black boy was reportedly made to clean feces off the floor of a school bathroom after his kindergarten teacher believed a white...
‘It’s OK to not be OK’: How one high school saved lives with a...
It was 10:30 a.m. on a Monday in April. Nine counselors, psychologists, and therapists sat around a table in a conference room at Cañon...
Superintendents: Colorado schools must evolve to prepare students for a changing economy
In a rapidly changing economy, Colorado students will need skills that they can apply across a range of fields. But state systems don’t always...
More than 80,000 Colorado students attend school four days a week. What happens on...
While many children across Colorado are heading to school on Monday mornings, siblings Angelica and Paul Gallegos of Brighton are on their way to...
Colorado changed its laws around sex ed. Here’s what you need to know.
Colorado law will soon require students who receive sexual education to learn about consent in school.
But the road to passing that bill was bumpy....
Polis signs full-day kindergarten bill into law
Fulfilling a key campaign promise, Gov. Jared Polis on Tuesday signed into law a bill funding full-day kindergarten to much pomp — complete with...