As Denver gentrifies, urban education crisis moves to the suburbs

On July 25, 2023, Isaac Solano stands in front of a tree that he planted for his grandparents in the front yard of the family鈥檚 home in Denver's Globeville neighborhood. Isaac Solano has written an opinion piece to follow one he wrote for The Denver Post just after graduating from North High School in 2009. Then, Solano wrote about hope for Globeville, as represented by the sapling he planted, which has grown into the tree pictured. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post) — On July 25, 2023, Isaac Solano stands in front of a tree that he planted for his grandparents in the front yard of the family鈥檚 home in Denver’s Globeville neighborhood. Isaac Solano has written an opinion piece to follow one he wrote for The Denver Post just after graduating from North High School in 2009. Then, Solano wrote about hope for Globeville, as represented by the sapling he planted, which has grown into the tree pictured. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)

By Isaac Solano | The Denver Post

PUBLISHED: July 31, 2023 at 6:01 AM MDT | UPDATED: July 31, 2023 at 6:03 AM MDT

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My high school classmates are not alone. My Ph.D. dissertation highlighted that many hard-working families have been forced from Denver to surrounding communities because of rising housing prices.

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