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“She is such a puzzle”: Colorado teen’s months-long ordeal spotlights mysteries of long COVID
Ever since Lilly Downs contracted COVID-19 in November, she has lived with persisting symptoms -- quick heart rate, fatigue, mouth ulcers, brain fog and more — from the infection. She,...
Crisis Point: Teens increasingly turn to Safe2Tell for suicide, mental health emergencies. But Colorado doesn’t track what happens next.
Suicide is the leading cause of death for young Coloradans. The state's Safe2Tell tip line, created to stop school violence, uses police to intervene in mental health crises. Does it...
Inside a Colorado hospital’s COVID-19 unit, a quiet fight to keep coronavirus patients breathing
On a COVID unit at The Medical Center of Aurora the gravity of the disease is ever present as patients require ventilators to breathe, a sign that even as Colorado’s...
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A new Colorado hotline will help parents get their kids back in school after they’ve entered the criminal justice system
“It can be very stigmatizing and isolating,” Generation Schools Network's Wendy Loloff Cooper said of when a minor is engaged in the criminal justice system.
Colorado doesn’t have enough teachers. Here’s how Cherry Creek schools are trying to solve the problem.
“I always wanted to do something with kids,” Amaya Mills, 24, said, adding, “It¶¶Ňőap something I wanted to do but I had no way to go about it without the...
Denver school board limits monthly public comment
The board voted unanimously to reduce the amount of time speakers have to address the board.
Denver school board considers restricting monthly public comment as it adds community listening sessions
If adopted, the Board of Education’s new policy will only allow speakers who are city residents or have a direct connection to DPS to offer public comment.
Denver Public Schools reaffirms support for immigrant students, vows protection against “unlawful federal overreach”
DPS has its own policy that has prohibits “federal immigration law enforcement activities” from taking place at DPS schools, on buses, on district property or at other school activities.
Urban Peak expands services in Denver to youth experiencing homelessness with new Mothership
The Mothership also has art and music studios and provides transitional housing, which is a temporary place for teens and young adults to stay until they find more long-term housing.
Douglas County school board approves AP African American studies course
Board members said they received emails from the community that both questioned and supported the course.
Douglas County school board weighs addition of AP African American studies course
Board of Education President Christy Williams said during a Nov. 19 meeting that she wanted to delay the board’s decision because she didn’t have enough time to review the course.
Douglas County prepares to close schools — and build new ones — as district sees shift in where students live
The construction of new housing developments in Douglas County is shifting where children live, creating what district Superintendent Erin Kane has previously called “school deserts."
Colorado sees rise in walking pneumonia, particularly among very young children
Mycoplasma pneumoniae bacteria, which causes walking pneumonia, spreads via respiratory droplets when a person sneezes or coughs.