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Colorado’s Attempts To Save Failing Schools; Homelessness In Metro Denver; Cycling Cross Country

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A dozen schools and five districts are failing academically and the the state intends to step in. Colorado has intervened with another school before and the results were pretty rocky. Then, Denver failed to meet its 10-year goal to end homelessness, but now it's trying a different approach. The heads of Denver's new office of HOPE and the Metro Denver Homeless Initiative explain. Plus, the story of a Colorado man's cross-country bike ride that's more about the journey and less about cycling.