Melanie Asmar

Melanie Asmar covers Denver Public Schools. Asmar previously worked as a reporter for Westword newspaper in Denver and for a daily newspaper in her native New Hampshire. She joined Chalkbeat Colorado in 2015.

Initiative that helps teachers buy homes expanding to 15 Colorado school districts

September 7, 2018 at 8:46 p.m.

Using philanthropic dollars, it pays for part of an educator鈥檚 down payment with the understanding that the educator will pay that amount back, plus a percentage of the increase in...

Students at Denver's Hallett Academy, which was celebrated for having no suspensions in its youngest grades.

$1 million grant helps Denver schools train teachers to address student trauma

September 4, 2018 at 6:00 a.m.

A $1 million donation from a Denver couple will allow the school district to train all teachers in how to understand and respond to the trauma students bring to school....

Angel Trigueros-Martinez pokes his head from ...

Denver students close in on state averages in literacy, math

August 18, 2018 at 3:33 p.m.

Denver elementary and middle school students continued a recent streak of high academic growth this year on state literacy and math tests, results released Thursday show. That growth inched the...

In a recent report, a White House memo misspelled "attacker" or "attackers" as "attaker" or "attakers" 27 times, San Bernardino lost its second "r," and "Denmark" became "Denmakr."

Denver district violated federal rules, delayed services to students with disabilities, state investigation finds

August 7, 2018 at 2:27 p.m.

Denver Public Schools violated the rights of some students with disabilities in the way it made decisions about whether they would get support from a teacher鈥檚 aide, an investigation by...

First-year teacher Krista Trofka fills in her class calendar at Denver鈥檚 North High School in 2007.

Denver experiments with a new teacher training approach for high-poverty schools

July 7, 2018 at 7:00 a.m.

Denver Public Schools has launched a pilot program to better prepare new teachers to work in Denver鈥檚 many high-poverty schools.

Denver’s South High School principal leaving due to health concerns

June 20, 2018 at 8:18 a.m.

The principal of Denver鈥檚 second-largest school, South High, has said she won鈥檛 return this fall. In a letter to families, Jen Hanson cited 鈥減ersonal health concerns鈥� as the reason for...

College View Middle School work on a reading assignment during an English Language Development class.

Denver鈥檚 largest charter network wins $250,000 national prize

June 19, 2018 at 11:22 a.m.

Denver鈥檚 largest homegrown charter school network, DSST, won a $250,000 prize Monday for its success educating students from low-income families and students of color.

In 2013, 55 percent of all Jeffco 11th-graders were below the minimum ACT math and reading scores for "college and career readiness." (Seth McConnell, The Denver Post)

Denver鈥檚 school board is taking a break from its school closure policy

June 14, 2018 at 11:57 a.m.

The Denver school board will hit pause this year on a controversial policy that calls for closing low-performing schools, as board members embark on a citywide listening tour that has...

DSST: Cole High School freshman Jayr Cardenas is the first to arrive for the school's morning meeting.

Denver鈥檚 largest charter network is up for a $250,000 national prize

June 8, 2018 at 4:33 p.m.

For the second year in a row, Denver鈥檚 largest charter school network, DSST, is a finalist for a prestigious national prize worth $250,000.

Far from reaching its ambitious literacy goals, the Denver district plans to ask for community input

June 1, 2018 at 7:44 p.m.

At the current pace of progress, it will take 13 years for the Denver school district to reach its goal that 80 percent of all third-graders be reading and writing...

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