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Tag: Chalkbeat Colorado
Gentrification is changing Denver schools. These steps aim to address that.
To address declining enrollment and combat segregation, Denver Public Schools should consider a number of steps including creating a clear and community-driven process for...
Colorado’s new director of school choice: If we hold all schools...
For decades, both Republicans and Democrats in Colorado have embraced charter schools.
And it can stay that way if the state continues to hold all...
Schools near state lines perform worse — and rules discouraging teachers...
Want a leg up in school? Don’t attend one near a state border.
That’s the surprising finding of a new study published in the...
Colorado shied from taking aggressive action to fix its lowest performing...
At historic Aurora Central High School, the last few years have been a trial.
Students have described widespread fights, high truancy rates and a heavy...
Threats, attacks and thrown chairs: DPS fields concerns about effort to...
One 6-year-old Denver student told his pregnant teacher he was going to kick her to kill her unborn baby. A first-grader tried to stab...
This Colorado principal thinks educators should stop turning to experts —...
Here, in a Chalkbeat Colorado series we call “How I Lead,” we feature principals and assistant principals who have been recognized for their work....
Vote on Colorado education plan erupts into war of words over...
The State Board of Education on Thursday unanimously approved Colorado’s federally required education plan, but not before two of its most outspoken members questioned whether...
Corporal punishment bill goes down in Colorado Senate committee
A Republican-controlled state Senate committee Monday killed a bill that would have prohibited corporal punishment in Colorado’s public schools and day care centers that...
One month after closure vote, uncertainty about what’s next for students...
Construction paper cards and hearts hang in the main hallway at Pleasant View Elementary in Golden. On them are messages from kids at another...
Meet the Colorado Republicans who want to reclaim their party’s education...
A small group of well-established Colorado Republicans are aiming to make education reform a top priority for the GOP again.
Ready Colorado, a political nonprofit,...