As Douglas County’s home-rule election gets underway, the battle is already red hot. Here’s what’s...

The Denver Post (Education) 6/8 2:00A John Aguilar

Douglas County is trying to do something no other Colorado county has done in nearly 50 years adopt home-rule authority that would give the conservative bastion south of Denver more autonomy and...

Colorado brainiacs breeze through first 2 rounds at Scripps National Spelling Bee

The Denver Post (Education) 5/27 6:14A Elizabeth Hernandez

The two brainiacs representing Colorado at the Scripps National Spelling Bee outside Washington, D.C., this week advanced through the first and second rounds of the competition Tuesday morning. Vedanth Ved Raju a seventh-grader from Aurora Quest...

Denver has sent the most champions to the Scripps National Spelling Bee

The Denver Post (Education) 5/26 2:00A Elizabeth Hernandez

Jacques Bailly took a razor blade to the dictionary in 1991, revolutionizing the mechanics of the Scripps National Spelling Bee . Before then, the Scripps Bee pronouncers who bestowed tricky words on...

Metro Denver school districts curtail teacher raises as budget pressures mount

The Denver Post (Education) 4/21 2:00A Jessica Seaman

Metro Denver school districts flush with COVID-19 relief money doled out larger teacher raises after students returned to classrooms during the pandemic amid widespread staff shortages. Now that money is gone and K-12 enrollment is in a...

Arrowhead Elementary in Aurora briefly locked down after student brings gun to school

The Denver Post (Education) 3/28 6:00A Max Levy

An Arrowhead Elementary School student was detained Friday morning after Aurora police say they brought a firearm to school, causing a brief lockdown. Police spokesperson Joe Moylan said officers believe the student was spotted showing the gun to...

Attorney can be censured for vulgar outburst in meeting with family and school officials, Colorado...

The Denver Post (Education) 3/25 2:00A Katie Langford

An Aurora attorney who cursed at and insulted school district employees during a special education meeting violated professional conduct rules and can be publicly censured, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled Monday . Igor Raykin was in a virtual...