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Adams 14 board tries again to cut ties with management company

January 12, 2022 at 5:57 p.m.

The Adams 14 school board voted Tuesday night to end its contract with its management company, prompting the State Board of Education on Wednesday to reconsider more drastic actions to...

A Denver Public Schools emblem and sign on the Evie Garrett Dennis Campus that houses five separate schools with 1,600 students in Pre-K through 12th grade in Northeast Denver, Colorado on March 16, 2016.

Former educators, a pastor, and more make up the 12 candidates for Denver school board

October 26, 2021 at 12:44 p.m.

Twelve candidates are running for four open seats on the Denver school board. The election is on Nov. 2, 2021.

3 high school students want their rural teachers to make at least $40,000 a year

October 6, 2021 at 9:37 a.m.

About half of U.S. states set a minimum teacher salary. Colorado does not, leaving it to each district to set payments. Rural schools lack the tax base to raise money...

Activist Xochitl Gaytan, left, addresses a crowd during a news conference about a climate bill on April 19, 2021 in Denver, Colorado. She is running for a Denver Public Schools board seat.

Teachers union endorses four candidates in November’s Denver Board of Education election

September 9, 2021 at 3:48 p.m.

Fourteen candidates are running for four seats on the seven-member school board in the Nov. 2 election.

Early literacy grants are helping some Colorado children get a handle on reading.

In bid to boost Colorado reading scores, small program shows promise where larger efforts failed

July 22, 2021 at 2:27 p.m.

The smaller Early Literacy Grant program came with strict rules about how schools should improve reading instruction, plus considerable state oversight.

Possibility of raising local taxes for school districts headed to the Colorado House

March 11, 2021 at 12:33 p.m.

The bill would gradually increase property tax rates over the next 19 years聽in school districts where the Colorado Department of Education has previously reduced tax rates, even after voters said...

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CU Boulder struggles to enroll low-income students. That has consequences for Coloradans鈥� social mobility.

December 1, 2020 at 8:22 a.m.

The percentage of Pell Grant recipients at the university moved from 12% in 2008 to 16% a decade later, ranking Boulder as fifth-lowest among all flagships in the country, according...

Denver Public Schools to delay reopening middle and high schools to in-person learning

October 13, 2020 at 8:49 p.m.

Denver middle and high schools will continue with virtual learning into November.

Mina Collier-Benson, a student at Metro ...

Teachers rally in Colorado and nationwide on day of action

August 4, 2020 at 6:00 a.m.

Educators in cities including Denver rallied Monday during a national day of action to call attention to their concerns about reopening schools as coronavirus cases continue to rise in many...

Brooke Markowitz, 19, right, leads the ...

For fall semester, Colorado鈥檚 colleges map out plans 鈥� and backup plans

July 27, 2020 at 12:36 p.m.

Twice a week, Diana Doyle and her staff at Arapahoe Community College meet over video conferences to discuss the outlook of the coronavirus pandemic and map out contingency plans for...

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