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District, teacher groups urge State Board not to change Colorado school ratings

The state’s largest teachers union and organizations that represent school boards and district leaders are mounting a united front against proposed changes to how...

Denver school board race: See how much money outside groups, candidates have spent

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 the runup...
Denver District Attorney Beth McCann declined to press charges against anyone after an emotional altercation between parents, students and a Denver Public Schools bus driver. (Photo by Phil Roeder via Flickr:Creative Commons)

No criminal charges in Denver school bus fight as the district continues its review...

A Denver parent will not face criminal charges related to a fight on a school bus that community activists say is representative of larger...

As Colorado invests more in preschool, a gold-standard study shows benefits of full-day classes

A new study shows large literacy gains and other benefits for full-day preschoolers as they enter kindergarten compared with their half-day peers — timely findings...

Which Denver schools have the most experienced teachers? A new report slices the data

Compared to teachers in district-run schools, those in Denver charter schools are more likely to be white and have less than five years of...

Altercation between Denver parent, bus driver emblematic of bigger issues, activists say

Denver police and school district officials are investigating an altercation between a black parent and a bus driver, apparently white, that community activists say...

Opinion: Youth climate movement puts ethics at the center of the global debate

This story was originally published by Marion Hourdequin,  a Colorado College professor specializing in environmental philosophy, on The Conversation on September 18, 2019. Even if...
Students at Denver's Noel Community Arts School work on laptops. (Photo by Nathan W. Armes/Chalkbeat)

Denver school board race: With seven weeks to go, see who’s raised and spent...

Welcome to Chalkbeat’s campaign finance tracker. We’ll track how much each of the nine Denver school board candidates has raised and spent in the...
About 24,000 Colorado kids went back to school this fall with personal or religious exemptions from the vaccination that protects against the highly contagious disease. (Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images News)

In record year for measles, 24,000 Colorado students are back in school with exemptions...

Amid a record number of measles cases nationwide, about 24,000 Colorado kids went back to school this fall with personal or religious exemptions from...

Leading Democratic presidential candidates say they will boost teacher diversity. Here’s how.

Teacher diversity wasn’t an explicit part of either Hillary Clinton’s or Bernie Sanders’ platforms in the lead-up to the 2016 election. But as 2020 approaches,...
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