Colorado schools evaluating how to teach about sexual consent as required by new state law

The Denver Post (Education) 7/16 2:00A Meg Wingerter

Over the next year, school districts serving hundreds of thousands of Denver-area students will take a look at whether their sex education classes are doing enough to teach about consent. Earlier this year, Gov. Jared Polis signed House Bill 1032...

When does school start in Denver? Sooner than you may think.

The Denver Post (Education) 7/11 7:36A Meg Wingerter

Most Denver-area students are headed into their last five weeks of summer vacation, and in some districts, kids will head back to school even sooner. Districts vary quite a bit on their start dates, and some have students in transition grades...

These Denver-area school districts will have new construction funded by $14 million in marijuana...

The Denver Post (Education) 7/10 8:50A Meg Wingerter

Denver-area schools will split more than $14 million raised through marijuana taxes and lottery revenue for projects ranging from replacing roofs to expanding their buildings. The Colorado State Board of Education approved $229 million in grants...

Colorado Safe2Tell tips nearly double in June compared to last summer

The Denver Post (Education) 7/8 6:22A Meg Wingerter

Tips to Colorado s Safe2Tell hotline about potential threats to youth safety nearly doubled in June compared to the same period last year. The Colorado Office of the Attorney General reported 674 tips in June , which was 83 percent more than in...

Want to be a college dean or president? CU Denver training diverse, mid-level professionals to...

The Denver Post (Education) 7/6 2:00A Elizabeth Hernandez

A first-of-its kind program at the University of Colorado Denver is helping people like Lynette Bates become the leader in higher education she wished she knew when she was an undergraduate. Bates...

CU President Mark Kennedy’s first day on the job features 4-campus tour: “There is so much to...

The Denver Post (Education) 7/1 2:46P Elizabeth Hernandez

Mark Kennedy went back to school early this summer, spending his first day on the job as the University of Colorado s new president Monday zooming across the Front Range for an action-packed tour of...

CU bracing for next recession with goal of keeping tuition stable

The Denver Post (Education) 6/30 7:40A Madeline St. Amour

The University of Colorado Boulder is tackling an ambitious strategic financial plan in the hopes that it will make the university better prepared for the next recession and keep tuition rates stable....

Colorado’s full-day kindergarten bill helps most Denver-area districts, but challenges the richest...

The Denver Post (Education) 6/29 2:00A Meg Wingerter

One of the Denver area s richest school districts and one of its poorest will both take a financial hit as Colorado implements full-day kindergarten funding but both say they can manage it. This year,...

Have a healthy, middle-aged dog? CSU wants to enroll your pup in a cancer prevention clinical trial...

The Denver Post (Education) 6/18 8:30A Elizabeth Hernandez

If you ve got a healthy, middle-aged dog curled up in a bed near you, Colorado State University wants to enroll your pup in a study to test the effectiveness of a new cancer prevention vaccine that, if successful, could lead to a vaccine for...

“Scrape and rebuild” of Columbine High School would follow public process, possible bond issue

The Denver Post (Education) 6/13 12:13P Meg Wingerter

Before any proposal to tear down and rebuild Columbine High School moves forward, the Jefferson County community would have to approve of the idea through an informal survey and subsequent public meetings, then likely agree to fund the project...

Former Fort Lupton elementary school teacher pleads guilty to oxycodone distribution charge

The Denver Post (Education) 6/5 11:45A Kirk Mitchell

A former Twombly Elementary School fifth grade teacher in Fort Lupton has pleaded guilty to distribution and possession of hundreds of oxycodone pills, according to FBI agents and federal prosecutors. Ramon Hernandez IV, 35, entered his plea on...

CU, CSU partner to open joint medical-school program in Fort Collins

The Denver Post (Education) 6/4 9:24A Elizabeth Hernandez

Colorado State University and the University of Colorado s School of Medicine are teaming up, drawing on each institution s expertise to open a Fort Collins medical-school branch specializing in health care s impacts on patients and society at...

Amid complex web of Denver-area school security, Douglas County has fewest police officers by...

The Denver Post (Education) 6/2 2:00A Elise Schmelzer, Meg Wingerter

The Douglas County School District — which includes STEM School Highlands Ranch, site of last month s deadly shooting — has fewer police officers on its middle school and high school campuses as...

Cherry Creek school bus driver charged with internet luring of a child in alleged sex solicitation

The Denver Post (Education) 5/29 7:20A Kirk Mitchell

Aurora Police Department Christopher Lloyd Doughty A 34-year-old bus driver has been charged with internet luring of a child and internet exploitation of a child after he allegedly propositioned an...

Labradoodle, guacamole and a dead person: Colorado kids thrown giggle-inducing words at Scripps...

The Denver Post (Education) 5/28 3:52P Elizabeth Hernandez

Susan Walsh, The Associated Press Charles Fennell, 11, of Bloomfield, Connecticut, claps at the end of the third round of competition at the Scripps National Spelling Bee in National Harbor, Maryland,...