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First person: Parent fundraising made my school a great place to...

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 school board race: See how much money outside groups, candidates...

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 the runup...

Inside the reorganization of the Denver school district’s central office

The people losing their jobs as part of a reorganization of the Denver school district’s central office range from literacy fellows who worked with...

Denver teachers union ratifies contract deal reached after strike

The Denver teachers union has ratified a new pay agreement reached with the school district after a three-day strike and an all-night bargaining session....

New Denver teacher contract: We answer the most common questions about...

One reason many Denver educators didn’t like the district’s old ProComp pay system was that it was too complicated and unpredictable. Both sides agree that the...

Jubilation, and some confusion, as Denver schools begin their post-strike recovery

Lupe Lopez-Montoya got the text message at 6:15 a.m. The strike was over, the colleague who’d been keeping her up to speed on news...

Strike over: Denver school district, teachers union sign tentative pact raising...

This is a developing story and will be updated. The Denver school district and teachers union have reached an agreement in their long-simmering dispute over...

Denver teachers to strike for a third day, but superintendent sees...

A Denver teacher strike heads into its third day after negotiators for the Denver school district and teachers union spent 13 hours trading proposals...

Day 1 of the Denver teachers’ strike: Scenes from the...

More than half of Denver Public Schools teachers stayed off the job Monday, triggering mass student walkouts and chaos in the hallways of some...

Ten things to watch as Denver teachers go on strike

The negotiating room is dark. Makeshift lesson plans are ready to be unpacked from boxes, if they haven’t been yet. Bullhorns and picket signs...