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First Person is an occasional Chalkbeat series featuring personal essays by educators, students, parents, and others trying to improve public education.
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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...
The Denver teachers union has ratified a new pay agreement reached with the school district after a three-day strike and an all-night bargaining session....
One reason many Denver educators didn’t like the district’s old ProComp pay system was that it was too complicated and unpredictable. Both sides agree that the...
This is a developing story and will be updated.
The Denver school district and teachers union have reached an agreement in their long-simmering dispute over...
A Denver teacher strike heads into its third day after negotiators for the Denver school district and teachers union spent 13 hours trading proposals...