- As part of our series “Following Trevista” we take a final year-end peek into a pre-school through 8th grade Denver school that’s undergoing a turbulent process called a “turnaround.” That’s because too many of the students aren’t reading and writing well enough. And that means most of the teachers aren’t coming back.
- Denver school officials launched an ambitious experiment five years ago. They went into neighborhoods with chronically low-performing schools and created new ones, and in some cases, they overhauled bad ones. A new report shows that the majority of the new schools are still struggling, but there are some bright spots.
- A bill that makes it easier for schools to hold back struggling third graders passed its first floor vote in the Colorado House Tuesday. The measure is meant to ensure all young students actually learn to read. CPR’s education reporter Jenny Brundin covered the two hours of passionate debate over the bill.