There’s been a flurry of activity this week in the Denver Public Schools board election. Longtime school finance lawyer Mike Johnson Wednesday officially launched his campaign to fill the central Denver seat now held by term-limited Jeannie Kaplan. “I finally decided I could organize my life to make this work and that is was too [...]
The Denver school board gets briefed on its discipline policy as complaints from teachers about unruly classrooms grow louder.
The Denver school board’s minority camp is often portrayed as simply opposed to the majority’s position. Here’s a closer look at their vision.
A group of parents at Denver’s Ashley Elementary School are looking for answers about why their principal was abruptly fired and about other changes to the struggling — but beloved — school.
Kudos to Wheat Ridge High School art teacher Franky Scaglione and his art students, dubbed “Fresh 23,” who are competing in the Vans Custom Culture contest. Check out all the wild shoe designs entered in the competition to get in the running, so to speak, for $50,000. If Wheat Ridge wins the dough, they plan to use the [...]
Mile High United Way is pumping $7 million into 117 local nonprofit partnerships with the goal of creating “measurable change” in the areas of school readiness, youth success and adult self-sufficiency. “Thanks to the enormous generosity of our donors and volunteers, and the exceptional work of these nonprofits, more children will enter school prepared to succeed, more young people [...]
The Colorado Education Association is honoring the work of educators across Colorado today for National Teacher Day by highlighting the dedication of two Colorado teachers who took a classroom pen pal project to the next level to foster cultural understanding between students of two very different schools. Learn more about the collaboration between Hanson Elementary School in Commerce City [...]
According to TCAP results released Tuesday, 73 percent of Colorado’s third-graders scored proficient or advanced in reading, a slight dip from last year.
The Denver Public Schools home page has been redesigned to highlight information targeted to parents – but it also downplays the school board, which has ticked off Roger Kilgore, co-chair of the District School Improvement Accountability Council (SIAC) and recently announced school board candidate. SIAC serves to inform the board as it makes policy decisions. The [...]
Engage Online Academy, an online middle and high school operated by Greeley-Evans School District 6, has received approval from the Colorado Department of Education and the Colorado Board of Education to operate as a multi-district school. This means that beginning this fall, Engage can enroll Colorado students from outside the boundaries of Greeley-Evans School District [...]
