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Frustration with closed meetings, limited debate dog Denver Public Schools’ declining enrollment committee
As Denver moves toward a fraught debate over closing schools with low enrollment, critics are assailing an advisory committee process they say has been marred by secrecy and frustration.
Denver Mayor Michael Hancock teaches classes to call attention to substitute shortage
His guest appearance at South had dual purposes: to talk to students about a topic he’s passionate about and to call attention to Denver Public Schools’ pandemic-era substitute teacher shortage.
Sharon Bailey remembered as Denver Public Schools’ “moral compass”
Denver Public Schools lost its moral compass with the passing of district Ombudsperson Sharon Bailey on Friday, according to friends and colleagues.
Xóchitl Gaytán, Tay Anderson take helm of Denver’s union-backed school board
Denver’s newest school board members were sworn in Tuesday and immediately elected to leadership roles, a move that marks the completion of a political “flip” that puts board members supported by the...
Denver school board votes to pay members up to $750 per month under new state law
Denver Public Schools will pay board members up to $150 per day for as many as five days per month — or $750 per month each — for attending regular...
Denver puts brakes on plan to close or consolidate small schools
The Denver teachers union praised new Superintendent Alex Marrero’s decision to focus on pandemic recovery.
Charter school, innovation zone employees can’t get elected to Denver school board
The next DPS school board election is Nov. 2, and four of the 13 candidates were affiliated with the district professionally last school year.
Teachers union endorses four candidates in November’s Denver Board of Education election
Fourteen candidates are running for four seats on the seven-member school board in the Nov. 2 election.
How Denver Public Schools is spending $205 million in federal school funding
Denver’s plan includes giving $28.7 million directly to schools for principals to spend as they see fit within the parameters set by the federal government.
DPS reverses plan to stop separating students with emotional disabilities
The district now faces a federal complaint alleging a pattern of discrimination against Black male students.