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Charter school centering Black students misses enrollment target, won’t open in Denver this fall
5280 Freedom School, a charter elementary school centering Black students, won’t open as planned in Denver this fall, and the school board isn’t considering giving it more time.
Denver Public Schools has lacked a safety chief for 6 months amid rising gun violence
The district attributed a delay in filling the position to several factors, including media coverage of the school board, whose infighting has been widely reported, and a desire to find...
The schools that take Colorado’s “most vulnerable” students are disappearing. Can they be saved? Should they?
Meager state funding, dire staffing shortages and changes to federal law have pushed the system to the brink. Lawmakers hope a cash infusion and regulatory changes will spur the opening...
DPS failed to provide speech therapy to more than 1,000 young students due to staff shortages, state says
The problem is widespread. A state complaints officer found that 28 Denver elementary schools did not have speech language pathologists for some period of time between January 2022 and now.
A once-segregated Denver school fights to stay integrated 50 years after historic court order
The segregation of the city's public school system spurred a group of families, led by Wilfred Keyes, a Black father and chiropractor, to sue Denver Public Schools in 1969. The...
Video sheds new light on “Know Justice, Know Peace” podcast dispute
Three weeks before a group of current and former students sued Denver Public Schools over their racial justice podcast, they met with district officials in an eighth-floor conference room at Denver Public...
Despite new state law, Denver Public Schools is exempt from covering employees’ IVF procedures
The new state mandate is a law passed by Colorado legislators in April. Starting Jan. 1, it requires large employer health benefit plans to cover the cost of fertility treatments,...
Denver school board approves charter school centering Black students that was initially rejected
After the state ordered Denver Public Schools to reconsider a charter school centering Black students and culture, the school board Thursday approved the school to open next fall.
Denver Public Schools violated the rights of Black boys with disabilities, state finds
Denver Public Schools systematically violated the rights of Black boys with disabilities who attend specialized programs, state education officials found in a wide-ranging investigation.
Denver Public Schools recommends closing a far northeast alternative high school
Denver Public Schools leaders are recommending that Montbello Career and Technical High School shutter at the end of this school year, partly to make room for another school.