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...

What’s at stake in Colorado’s school-funding fight as teachers descend on Capitol

The Denver Post (Education) 3/20 2:00A Jessica Seaman

When teachers rally at the Colorado State Capitol on Thursday, the message they intend to bring to Gov. Jared Polis and legislators scrambling to fill a $1.2 billion shortfall is this: Stop using money for K-12 schools to balance the state’s...

Colorado lawmakers ordered schools to report data on seclusion. For the most part, it hasn’t...

The Denver Post (Education) 3/19 4:55A Melanie Asmar

This story was originally published by Chalkbeat . Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters No one knows how many Colorado students are shut inside rooms, alone, at school. But Riley Ellis-Beach knows that it happened to her son. He was...

This 7th grader won the Denver regional science fair and Colorado’s state spelling bee in one week

The Denver Post (Education) 3/13 2:00A Elizabeth Hernandez

An Aurora seventh grader achieved a scholastic twofer last week, winning Denver s regional science fair and the Colorado state spelling bee in a six-day span. Vedanth Raju, a 12-year-old who attends...

White supremacist invited to speak at Colorado Mesa University by student club, sparking backlash

The Denver Post (Education) 3/12 7:37A The Grand Junction Daily Sentine

Jared Taylor was invited to speak on campus by the student organization Western Culture Club. Although Taylor may not associate with the white supremacist label, he has been widely described as one and as a white nationalist by experts and...

ICE raids in Denver last month struck fear in children and families, DPS leaders say in court...

The Denver Post (Education) 3/6 2:00A Jessica Seaman

Children who attend Denver s Place Bridge Academy discovered federal immigration officers with military-style rifles banging at their doors one morning last month as armored vehicles blocked streets....

Aurora elementary-middle school closes Thursday for flooding

The Denver Post (Education) 2/13 6:20A Lauren Penington

An Aurora middle school is closed Thursday after water flooded the building, according to school district officials. At about 7:30 a.m. Thursday, Aurora Public Schools officials sent out a release asking parents to not bring their children to the...

First-of-its-kind Colorado program is paying parents to become full-time literacy tutors to their...

The Denver Post (Education) 2/13 5:51A Elizabeth Hernandez

Graduation came early for Rocky Mountain Prep elementary school communities. It wasn t the students donning mortarboards and stoles, but their parents who beamed as they moved their tassels from right...

Musk team’s access to student loan systems raises alarms over personal information for millions

The Denver Post (Education) 2/7 6:00A The Associated Press

By COLLIN BINKLEY and BIANCA VÁZQUEZ TONESS, AP Education Writers WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats are pushing back against Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency as it turns its attention to the Education Department, with lawmakers raising...