For three decades, Ricardo Martinez, co-founder of the advocacy group Padres & Jóvenes Unidos, helped parents and students fight racism in Denver Public Schools. Last week, Denver lost the humble and fierce... Read more »
At Evelyn Gonzalez’s Denver high school, the Italian teacher, who luckily speaks Spanish, filled in last week for the Spanish teacher, who was out sick for two days. So many students were... Read more »
The Denver school board wants to make sure free pads and tampons are available in school bathrooms for years to come. The board is set to cement in policy the district’s practice... Read more »
Denver’s first school board in recent history to be backed entirely by the teachers union renewed the district’s contracts with 16 charter schools Thursday, despite some members expressing concerns with the independent... Read more »
A Denver charter elementary school focused on fully including students with disabilities will close at the end of this school year due to staffing and academic challenges school leaders say were exacerbated... Read more »
That was the message from the Denver teachers union to the superintendent in a letter Thursday that called for a weeklong districtwide switch to remote learning to allow students and staff exposed... Read more »
Fewer young Denver students were reading at grade level this fall than in the previous two years — a concerning trend district officials attribute to unfinished learning during the pandemic. The district... Read more »
A message in red letters tops Denver Public Schools’ new guide for school staff about when they should call the police. “You make a difference in breaking historical patterns of inequity!” it... Read more »
The preschoolers in Natalie Soto-Mehle’s class have been talking about feelings lately. “I’ve got some little cards with pictures, and we’re going to do a game with these,” Soto-Mehle, a teacher at... Read more »
Five months into Denver Superintendent Alex Marrero’s tenure, the school board extended his contract Thursday from two to four years with an automatic one-year extension. Marrero is now contracted to lead the... Read more »