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Former Colorado Gov. Bill Owens mingles with opponents of Proposition CC in the Denver Tech Center on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2019. (Photo by Forest Wilson)

Colorado voters reject TABOR change to increase state spending Proposition CC would have allowed...

Colorado voters rejected a measure Tuesday to permanently give up their TABOR refunds to help pay for K-12 schools, higher education and transportation projects.  After...
Scott Baldermann, Diana Romero Campbell, and Radhika Nath are seeking the District 1 seat on the Denver school board.

School board election: Who’s running and what’s at stake in Denver’s District 1 race

Denver voters face a choice this November that could change longstanding education policies and practices in the state’s largest district. Three Denver parents are running...

School board election: Who’s running and what’s at stake in Denver’s District 5 race

In a part of Denver that has experienced rapid changes, voters face a choice that could shift long-standing education policies and practices in the...

School board election: Who’s running and what’s at stake in Denver’s at-large race

Three former Denver students are running for an at-large seat on a school board that will help shape how the Denver school district approaches...

What Proposition CC would mean for Colorado schools

Colorado voters face a decision this November that could send millions of additional dollars to the state’s schools in good economic times — or...

How a small Colorado college is helping its undocumented students pay for school Colorado...

About five years ago, the administration of Colorado Mountain College, one of the state’s smaller colleges, decided to try to boost its enrollment of...
A mailer sent by a political committee backed by the Denver teachers union stirred controversy by stripping candidates Alexis Menocal Harrigan and Diana Romero Campbell — both of whom it is seeking to defeat — of their Spanish surnames. (Image via Chalkbeat Colorado)

Union-funded committee apologizes for mailer misrepresenting Latina candidates’ names

A political committee funded by the Denver teachers union apologized Thursday night for an attack ad decried as racist by the school board candidates...
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With three weeks to go, spending in Denver school board races has topped $1.3...

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...
A student at Denver's DCIS Montbello raises her hand during a reading assignment. (Photo by Nathan W. Armes/Chalkbeat Colorado)

We asked the 2019 Denver school board candidates nine questions. Here’s what they said.

This fall, voters will determine the future direction of Denver schools. Three of the seven seats on the Denver school board are up for election....
Photo by Alan Petersime/Chalkbeat

State Board raises standards, making it harder for Colorado schools to earn a top...

Hundreds of Colorado schools are likely to lose their top rating under changes approved by the State Board of Education Thursday, and those that...
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