Douglas County School District settles with ousted superintendent Corey Wise over complaint
Wise says he feels vindicated and that the move is a message to school boards everywhere about the fallout of politicization. The district declined to comment.
2 Cherry Creek educators die over the weekend, one with a confirmed case of bacterial meningitis
The Arapahoe County health department and Eaglecrest High School are working to identify students or staff who may have come in contact with the teacher who died of meningitis.
Denver teachers and principals say they’ve raised the alarm about guns and violence in schools for years
Pressure is coming from multiple fronts for Denver Public School leaders and board members to respond to public safety concerns.
Attempting to find the balance between education and school safety
The shooting at East High School, in Denver, raises questions about why students who’ve had a history with guns are enrolled in traditional middle and high schools. It’s a sensitive balance. The responsibility to educate young people — safely — even as some of those young people pose a threat. We look into safety plans — and weigh the duty to educate versus the duty to protect.
Amid national teacher shortage, Denver Public Schools failed to provide speech services to more than 1,000 students
Districts are receiving a fraction of what it costs to educate their students, including for speech language pathologists.
East High shooting: What we know about the suspect’s previous criminal charge and security plan
The specialized security plan that allowed the 17-year-old to attend East High School, despite having been expelled from Cherry Creek’s Overland High, unraveled in a shooting that left two administrators injured.
Students and parents are scared and angry after shooting at East High
CPR education reporter Jenny Brundin talks about concerns regarding safety and the lack of school resource officers at East High School in Denver, where police say a student shot and wounded two administrators Wednesday. The suspect fled but his body was later found near his vehicle in Park County southwest of Denver.
Will these Denver teenagers from Room 161 at STRIVE Prep – RISE make it to the national speech and debate championships?
Under the guidance of coach and teacher Anna Steed, STRIVE Prep – RISE’s speech and debate team students find their voice, and so much more.
CU Denver faculty and staff brace for the looming cuts as the university faces a major budget shortfall
Post-pandemic enrollment drops, state disinvestment in public colleges, rising inflation, and a commitment to raising staff salaries have all left the university with a deficit.
Despite pleas from students, school board rejects health clinic for new Grand Junction High School
Students, school staff and many health care professionals had argued passionately for the clinic, highlighting the urgent need for health services for students without access to health care outside of school.
A ‘historic’ investment in math tutoring and training proposed at the state Capitol
Pandemic-related learning disruptions took a toll on math scores across the state.
Plans for Grand Junction High School health clinic creates rift among students, board members and voters
Whether high school students should have easy access to health care has become a bitterly contested issue.
More than two dozen Woodland Park teachers and staff call out sick protesting school changes
It’s the latest turmoil in the small district since a controversial new interim superintendent was selected in December.
Multiple Colorado school districts enter lockdown after unconfirmed threats Wednesday. Here’s what we know
Schools in at least a dozen cities, including Boulder and Englewood, received threatening phone calls. No injuries were reported.
We decoded Colorado school districts’ peculiar names and learned some state history along the way
Colorado once had 2,105 school districts. Today, it has 178 thanks to reorganization and consolidation.