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Tell us about your experience with busing in Denver schools

Busing and the broader question of what courts and communities should do to create integrated schools has been back in the news after a...

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...

Hickenlooper calls for integration among college programs

Democratic candidate for governor Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper told the Colorado Independent today that colleges, like divisions in corporations, do best when there is...

Dialogues Give CU Students and Immigrant Workers Rare Chance to Interact

Part of an immigrant-integration project in Boulder County, the event Friday at Sewell Hall on the Boulder campus gave foodservice, maintenance and janitorial workers...

Integration Plan Inches Forward in Greeley

Plans for immigrant integration have been dogged by criticism from the town's conservative residents. But the group continues moving forward with plans to have...

The Lucky Few: Refugee Resettlement in Colorado

The United Nations estimates there are over 13 million refugees in the world. Less than one percent will ever be resettled in a third...

Immigrants and Whole Communities Benefit When Locals Offer Friendship

A Littleton woman, who volunteers helping Sudanese refugees rebuild their lives in Colorado, exhibits the patience, tolerance and dedication that cultural integration experts say...

Minorities Isolated Even As Whites Attend More Integrated Schoools

Colorado ranked second in the nation in the increased number of Hispanic students attending all-minority schools, according to a Pew Hispanic Center report released...