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CARY KENNEDY | The public education candidate has the base. Is...

The Cary Kennedy for Governor campaign is headquartered near downtown Denver in a converted classroom of a restored, century-old red brick elementary school. The...

Anti-voucher slate in Douglas County cruises to victory

An aligned group of Douglas County school board candidates seeking to reverse many of the district’s most controversial policies — including a private-school voucher...

Oil man, voucher proponent Alex Cranberg donates $20,000 to Douglas County...

Four Douglas County school board candidates who want to continue the legal defense of the district’s stalled private-school voucher program continued to bring in...

Douglas County slate that favors continuing school voucher court case is...

A group of candidates that largely supports the direction of the Douglas County School District, especially its embrace of school choice policies, has raised...

Groups with a stake in Colorado’s school board elections raise $1.5...

Union committees and various political groups have raised more than $1.5 million so far to influence the outcome of school board elections across the...

ALEC Day 2: Betsy DeVos says school choice “is good politics...

U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos became the first member of the Trump administration to visit Denver, speaking Thursday to a noontime luncheon at...

Report suggests foreign-born teachers are taking over schools

A new report (pdf) in the increasingly popular “education reform” genre was released this week—and it’s one of the odder ones. “Importing Educators” by the...