Concerns about reading scores and school ratings prompt Denver district to send letters to...
Early elementary school families in Denver will get individual reading progress reports from the school district next month explaining how their children are doing...
Colorado stepped in to save its lowest-performing schools in 2017. Whether it will work...
This year marked a turning point for Colorado education officials and the state’s lowest performing schools.
Seven years after the state’s current school accountability system...
Colorado high schools aren’t sending many students to top colleges, report finds
Most Colorado high schools aren’t sending their graduates to the nation’s highest ranked colleges and universities, a new report finds.
Only 4 percent of high...
Civil rights and community groups: Adjust inflated Denver elementary school ratings
The leaders of six community groups issued a joint letter Thursday calling on the Denver school board to immediately correct what they called misleading...
Final Denver school board campaign finance reports show who brought in the most late...
Final campaign finance reports for this year’s hard-fought Denver school board elections are in, and they show a surge of late contributions to Angela...
What happened when Denver prioritized enrolling low-income students at some affluent schools
Two years ago, Denver Public Schools approached its most affluent schools with an idea: What if, after enrolling all of the students who lived...
Why Gov. Hickenlooper wants to give some Colorado charter schools $5.5 million
If Mike Epke, principal of the New America School in Thornton, had a larger budget, he would like to spend it on technical training...
How one word bound together a classroom of Denver high school students learning a...
This is an excerpt from the new book, “The Newcomers: Finding Refuge, Friendship, and Hope in an American Classroom,” by Denver journalist and author...
Split decision: In two Denver school board races, challengers leading incumbents
Two school board candidates who agree with the direction of Denver Public Schools and two who want the district to change its trajectory were...
Anti-voucher slate in Douglas County cruises to victory
An aligned group of Douglas County school board candidates seeking to reverse many of the district’s most controversial policies — including a private-school voucher...