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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...
With critical Supreme Court hearing coming up, supporters rally for young immigrants The fate...
In advance of next week's U.S. Supreme Court hearing on the validity of an Obama-era program that protects certain young immigrants from deportation, state...
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...
Guest Post: We can do better by repealing Denver’s camping ban
After hearings this week, a Denver County Court judge will decide whether the city's camping ban is unconstitutional. But what the evidence presented has...
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...
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...
We asked the 2019 Denver school board candidates nine questions. Here’s what they said.
This fall, voters will determine the future direction of Denver schools.
Three of the seven seats on the Denver school board are up for election....