How a school enrollment lottery changed the trajectory of an undocumented Denver student’s life

The Denver Post (Education) 1/8 1:00A Elizabeth Hernandez

Recess at Denver s Castro Elementary School took on a sobering tone as Daniela Uriarte and her fellow fifth-graders gathered to discuss the subject weighing on their young minds: whether a middle...

A Colorado high school is one of 60 nationwide teaching AP African American Studies for first time

The Denver Post (Education) 12/27 1:00A Jessica Seaman

Students sat huddled in groups in a classroom at Aurora s Overland High School, going through folders filled with their assignments for that November morning. In one of those folders, they found a...

How one Colorado college hopes to give freshmen skills they missed throughout the pandemic

The Denver Post (Education) 12/10 1:00A Jason Gonzales

Arizbeth Cortez felt confident college would be just like high school and she’d ace all her classes. After all, she’d never received anything less than an A grade at Denver’s Bruce Randolph School. On her first exam at the University of Northern...

Community schools, career academies, better planning: How Adams 14 leaders plan to improve learning

The Denver Post (Education) 12/10 1:00A Yesenia Robles

Before the pandemic, Rose Hill Elementary in the Adams 14 district had four years in a row of low ratings. That changed this fall when Rose Hill students showed improvement on state tests the only Adams 14 elementary school to do so. The changes...

Aurora Superintendent Rico Munn resigning at end of school year

The Denver Post (Education) 12/5 9:57A Erica Meltzer

Aurora Public Schools Superintendent Rico Munn plans to resign at the end of this school year and assume a less active role in leading one of the state’s most diverse districts starting in January. The district announced the change in a letter...

DPS backs down from “Know Justice, Know Peace” trademark dispute, students will continue podcast

The Denver Post (Education) 11/22 1:00A Elizabeth Hernandez

Denver Public Schools is backing down from a trademark dispute with a group of current and former Black students who created a podcast about racial injustice called Know Justice, Know Peace in the wake of the George Floyd murder. The students at...