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New Denver school board member says he will sit during the Pledge of Allegiance
On the eve of his first monthly meeting Thursday, newly elected Denver school board member Tay Anderson said he would remain seated during the...
Putting numbers to a new school finance formula could prove challenging
A group of Colorado lawmakers spent Monday afternoon plugging numbers into a proposed new school finance formula, squinting at a projection of a computer...
Fairer to whom? Colorado considers redividing the pie with a new school finance formula
In a change that one lawmaker is calling a “paradigm shift,” Colorado’s school funding formula eventually could take into account how many students in...
Colorado releases school ratings amid ongoing debate about how to measure performance
Colorado school ratings finalized Wednesday show that slightly fewer schools this year earned one of the two lowest ratings.
Those that did — 154 schools...
First person: Parent fundraising made my school a great place to teach. I was...
First Person is an occasional Chalkbeat series featuring personal essays by educators, students, parents, and others trying to improve public education.
“We’re really lucky here....
Denver to change curriculum that educators said ‘eliminates the Native American perspective’
Until very recently, Denver’s eighth-grade social studies curriculum asked students to identify the challenges faced by settlers as they moved West in the 1800s...
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...