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Amid heated community debate, Denver extends time for superintendent search

The Denver school board has pushed back the date by which it will name finalists for the superintendent job from October to November. The...

An initiative that helps teachers buy a home is expanding to 15 Colorado districts

Carissa Travis is an early bird. She’s usually at school by 6 a.m., two hours before her second-graders arrive, because she does her best...

A bastion of student data privacy, Colorado yields a bit to demands for more...

Colorado education officials are reconsidering the data privacy rules that for three years in a row have hidden large amounts of student achievement data...

Colorado students show gains in literacy on 2018 state tests, but disparities remain

More than half of all Colorado students in third through eighth grade continue to fall below state expectations in reading, writing, and math, according...
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To close or evolve? As teen birth rates drop, school programs for teen parents...

There was just one student in the Boulder Valley School District’s teen parent program last year. She graduated in May, and and the district...
Denver Public Schools district transportation personnel restrained a 6-year-old student with special needs. Photo credit: Tina Griego

Worried about enrollment, some Colorado school districts are suing to prevent cross-district busing

Six school districts and the associations that represent them are suing to stop a change to Colorado law that could increase access to school...

State investigation: Denver violated federal rules, delayed services to students with disabilities

The Denver school district violated the rights of some students with disabilities in the way it made decisions about whether they would get support...

Opposing groups call for all sides to play nice in Denver schools superintendent search

Two groups that often disagree about the direction of the Denver school district have issued an unusual joint statement calling for “responsible discourse” in...

The Denver school board is aiming to name superintendent finalists by October

The Denver school board agreed earlier this week on a tight timeline for finding a new superintendent, leaving some parents, students, and advocates to...

Denver’s longtime superintendent turned the city into a national school reform favorite

Over Tom Boasberg’s nearly 10 years as Denver superintendent, he made a national impact. He pioneered a model of school reform that involved close collaboration...
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