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Tag: public education
Susana Cordova is the sole finalist to be the Denver school...
A high-ranking administrator who began her career as a teacher in Denver is the sole finalist to lead Denver Public Schools. Susana Cordova, who...
Littleton’s outspoken conservative state senator is up for reelection in a...
Tim Neville is about as red as they come in Colorado. The Republican senator from Littleton has pushed to loosen gun laws, limit abortions...
Five things we learned when Colorado’s gubernatorial candidates got on the...
Nine Republicans and Democrats hoping to become Colorado’s next governor offered contrasting views Friday of the state’s public schools to an audience of more...
Colorado’s transgender students will still get to use the bathrooms they...
Colorado students shouldn’t have to worry about new guidance from the Trump administration that rescinds federal protections for transgender students because of existing state...
WATCH: Why they protest. Hundreds flood Sen. Cory Gardner’s office in...
Hundreds of protestors flocked outside the Denver office of Republican U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner Tuesday.
"Shock event after shock event. We need to put a...
Lessons learned: Censorship of a gay valedictorian
Valedictorian Evan Young made national news after his high school, Twin Peaks Charter Academy, refused to allow him to give a graduation speech in...
#Coleg mourns the passing of Aurora Rep. John Buckner
Rep. John Buckner, D-Aurora, passed away today after a brief respiratory illness that pulled him out of the legislature in the final weeks of the...
Hickenlooper’s “everyman” poet laureate: Joseph Hutchison
A former poet in the schools, Hutchison said that great public school teachers fostered his love of poetry. As Colorado's Poet Laureate, he plans to empower teachers to integrate poetry in the classroom.
Frustrated with board, JeffCo teachers look to state legislature
Counties like Douglas and Jefferson in suburban Denver have become political flash points in local and state politics as conservative boards of education duel...
Dead bills: A day in the life of the Senate kill...
Today, Senator Lundberg sits before the Senate State, Veterans, and Military Affairs Committee with the tired look of a man facing a forgone conclusion.