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DPS Superintendent Susana Cordova answers questions ...

Denver Public Schools begins cutting 150 central office positions to pay for teacher raises

February 28, 2019 at 11:15 p.m.

Denver Public Schools began the process this week of cutting more than 150 administrative positions from its central office, which will free up $17 million for raises for teachers and...

Denver Public Schools, teachers union to resume contract negotiations Thursday

January 30, 2019 at 7:04 a.m.

The Denver district and teachers union will head back to the bargaining table at 5 p.m. Thursday as they continue to await word on whether Gov. Jared Polis will intervene...

Pupils sit in a classroom at a primary school on the first day of the new school year on September 4, 2017, in Quimper, western France. / AFP PHOTO / FRED TANNEAU (Photo credit should read FRED TANNEAU/AFP/Getty Images)

Colorado takes a hands-off approach when schools don鈥檛 serve students well

November 17, 2018 at 7:00 a.m.

When Colorado schools don鈥檛 do a good job educating certain groups of students 鈥斅爈ike students of color or those learning English 鈥� state education officials can suggest ways to improve...

Haylen Orgunez, 14, hangs out the window of one of the new compressed natural gas buses as he poses for a group photo at Douglas County High School in Castle Rock, Colorado on November 16, 2016.

Worried about enrollment, some Colorado school districts are suing to prevent cross-district busing

January 25, 2019 at 2:50 p.m.

Six school districts and the associations that represent them are suing to stop a change to Colorado law that could increase access to school choice but that was approved under...

LOVELAND, CO - MAY 24: Flagger Lailoni Rider waves to a school bus heading up US 34 at Cedar Cove May 23, 2018. CDOT re-opened US 34 through the Big Thompson Canyon between Loveland and Estes Park May 23, 2018. The re-opening marks the end of a long-term reconstruction of the road since July 2016 due to the flood of 2013. (Photo by Andy Cross/The Denver Post)

Change in Colorado school bus law sets up possible “David and Goliath” school choice battle

June 25, 2018 at 2:35 p.m.

Law change will allow districts to run buses through other districts without first getting permission, a change small districts fear will cost them students.

Samantha Belmontes, 7, tries to keep ...

A few Colorado charter schools won big in this year鈥檚 round of school construction grants

June 20, 2018 at 7:54 a.m.

Five Colorado charter schools are among the nearly three dozen schools getting new roofs, HVAC systems, or even entire new buildings courtesy of state land proceeds, lottery funds, and marijuana...

Colorado adopts new science standards that focus on inquiry, not memorization

June 14, 2018 at 11:40 a.m.

New science standards adopted by a divided Colorado State Board of Education call on students to learn by puzzling through problems in the natural world rather than by listening to...

Teachers from Jeffco, Lake County, Douglas ...

What you need to know to follow the money debate behind the Colorado teacher walkouts

April 27, 2018 at 8:52 p.m.

Colorado teachers are marching at the Capitol this week for more school funding and better pay. Advocates for more education funding will point to the $7 billion that the state...

Marchers with the Colorado Education Association ...

These Colorado school districts are canceling classes for teacher protests Thursday, Friday

April 25, 2018 at 2:05 p.m.

Thousands of Colorado teachers are聽expected to descend on the state Capitol on Thursday and Friday to call on lawmakers to make a long-term commitment to increasing K-12 education funding.

Teacher Christina Hafler and her two-year-old ...

Teachers in Denver, Jeffco plan walkouts next week to call for more funding

April 18, 2018 at 1:07 p.m.

Teachers from Colorado鈥檚 two largest school districts are planning back-to-back walkouts next week to call for more funding for education 鈥� and they could be joined by other districts.

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