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After meeting with Gov. Jared Polis for roughly an hour Wednesday morning, Denver Public Schools officials formally requested state intervention in a potential teacher...
Denver teachers — some fighting back tears, others filled with energy and purpose — streamed into a rented Baptist church Saturday to cast a high-stakes vote...
Compared with the statewide average, the Denver school district is top-heavy with administration.
In the 2016-17 school year, Denver had one administrator for every 7.5...
The Denver school district spent $161,375 over the past four months on a superintendent search that has resulted in a single finalist: Deputy Superintendent Susana...
Since 2012, the Denver school district has given extra money to its low-performing schools to help accelerate improvement — currently, up to $1.7 million...
Denver teacher Carla Cariño hopes the district’s next superintendent is a bilingual person of color. Ariel Taylor Smith, a former Denver teacher and now...
Originally posted on Chalkbeat by Melanie Asmar on April 22, 2016
Denver Public Schools Acting Superintendent Susana Cordova apologized Friday for the failure of...