Denver Public Schools’ Board of Education on Thursday struck down a proposal to close schools after Superintendent Alex Marrero caught several directors off guard by changing the district’s school closure plan for the second time within a week. At the start of the meeting, Marrero […]

After a year of trying to start a family, Denver teacher Alison Yocum Johanson’s doctor told her that her next step in trying to get pregnant is in vitro fertilization. But when Yocum Johanson asked Denver Public Schools’ human resources department if her insurance plan […]

Two of the state’s largest school districts — Jeffco Public Schools and Denver Public Schools — are negotiating contracts with their respective teachers unions this week, just ahead of the start of the 2022-23 academic year. After reaching an impasse earlier this year, Jeffco Public […]

The University of Colorado Boulder has followed in the footsteps of the university’s Colorado Springs and Denver campuses and now guarantees admission to all first-year, first-time students who complete an associates degree through the Colorado Community College System’s Bridge to Bachelor’s Degree Program. CCCS started […]

In the mid-1600s, when Virginia was still just a colony, a debate erupted among residents in a small English settlement: Was a servant in the home of John and Jane Tyos a man or a woman? The servant was raised as a girl named Thomasine […]

Denver police took two suspects into custody and recovered a paintball gun after Northfield High School was placed on lockdown Thursday morning over a report of a student with a weapon, authorities said. Police and district officials provided few details about the incident, including what […]

By Jason Gonzales, Chalkbeat Colorado Amid a host of hardships, the pandemic brought a silver lining to Colorado schools: All students could eat lunch for free, with no stigma and no paperwork. A broad coalition of nutritionists and farmers, parents and teachers wants to see […]

Universities must reflect society and improve students’ experience, says Chris Skidmore Last modified on Mon 3 Feb 2020 13.11 EST The universities minister has criticised UK higher education institutions for their failure to recruit and promote black and minority ethnic academics, after figures showed that […]

Wearing a checked dress shirt in South High’s colors of purple and white, Denver Mayor Michael Hancock gave the juniors and seniors in Friday’s fourth-period Advanced Placement Government class a one-question pop quiz. “True or false,” he said. “The foundational value of our democracy is […]