Secure vestibule at Denverâs East High criticized as “illusion of safety” has been put on hold
âIt¶¶Òőap mainly just security theater,â said Keegan Hoelscher, a junior at Denver's East High School.
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Colorado lawmakers ordered schools to report data on seclusion. For the most part, it hasnât happened.
State lawmakers have tried in recent years to better monitor and oversee seclusion, which means shutting a student inside a room, and restraint, which means physically restraining a student.
ABA therapy in school: Some Denver families are still being told no despite state law billed as “a path to yes”
While DPS is following the letter of the law, parents and advocates allege, it¶¶Òőap not following the spirit. Advocate Meryl Duguay called DPSâs policy and process âa show to get...
To help address a teacher shortage, Colorado gives $10,000 stipends to educators earning degrees
Colorado is seeking new applicants for a program that aims to address Coloradoâs teacher shortage by providing stipends of up to $10,000 to educators teaching under alternative licenses while earning degrees.
More young Denver students are reading at grade level, but not as many as before the pandemic
This past yearâs third graders were preschool age when COVID shuttered school buildings across the country. This past yearâs kindergarteners were babies.
How Denver is approaching its Black Student Success work
10 Denver Public Schools teachers whoâve helped their Black students achieve academic progress are being studied by university researchers as part of the district¶¶Òőap Black Student Success work.
A source of free food, mental health support, and more for Denver students will soon close
A center that provides free food, clothing, mental health support, workforce training, and more to students and families at six public schools in Denver will close in less than three...
“More kids, more joy”: What happened when two small Denver elementary schools merged
The one-year-only staffing bump is because Cheltenham was on the receiving end of a controversial school consolidation. In the face of declining enrollment, the Denver school board voted last spring...
A day at Denverâs Valdez Elementary with 2 newly arrived migrant students
Valdez, also known as Escuela Valdez, has a longstanding dual language program. It¶¶Òőap also right up the street from a city-run shelter inside a Quality Inn, which Principal Jessica Buckley...
5 members resign after board rejects plan to close Denverâs Wyatt Academy charter school
Following the presentation of a plan by Wyatt Academyâs principal to keep the school open, the Denver charter schoolâs board of directors rejected a proposal Tuesday to close it.