Colorado school districts brace for K-12 budget crunch by not filling jobs, offering smaller raises

The Denver Post (Education) 6/29 2:00A Jessica Seaman

Colorado K-12 school districts are tightening their belts this summer amid growing financial uncertainty at both the state and federal levels. Two metro Denver districts have announced layoffs so far this year, and others have already eliminated...

Denver Public Schools strikes tentative agreement with teachers union over pay

The Denver Post (Education) 6/24 7:10A Jessica Seaman

Denver Public Schools and the district s teachers union have reached a tentative deal on a new contract that, if approved, will give educators modest raises over the next three years. DPS and the Denver Classroom Teachers Association announced...

DPS schools that could close due to poor performance have high numbers of students of color, data...

The Denver Post (Education) 6/23 2:00A Jessica Seaman

Almost all of the 25 schools that could face closure for poor performance under a new Denver Public Schools policy disproportionately enroll students of color and children from lower-income families, according to a Denver Post analysis of state...

Colorado universities brace for plunge in international students due to fears sparked by Trump...

The Denver Post (Education) 6/22 2:00A Elizabeth Hernandez

Colorado universities are bracing for major disruptions to their international student populations this fall in light of federal hostility toward foreign-born students and rapidly shifting immigration policies from the Trump administration. More...

MSU Denver archaeology students sift through history at site of Central City brothels

The Denver Post (Education) 6/20 2:00A Elizabeth Hernandez

CENTRAL CITY On the hillside of a Colorado valley ringed by bygone gold mines, a team of archaeologists-in-training wielding paintbrushes uncovered a buried treasure of their own this week a...

As feds resume student loan collections, states try to catch borrowers before they sink

The Denver Post (Education) 6/11 8:17A Tribune News Service

By Robbie Sequeira, Stateline.org Over the past few months, Celina Damian’s phone has been ringing off the hook with one bewildered, anxious question after another: “What kind of loan is this?” “Am I in default?” “Will the government really take...

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...

Denver Public Schools predicts enrollment declines may necessitate more school closures by 2030

The Denver Post (Education) 6/6 5:14A Melanie Asmar

A new report by Denver Public Schools predicts that enrollment will decline by 8%, or 6,005 students, by 2029. As a result, more school closures could be needed by 2030, the report says. Related Articles The evolution of Field Day in Colorado:...

The evolution of Field Day in Colorado: Why elementary school rite of spring shifted away from...

The Denver Post (Education) 6/4 1:45A Kyle Newman

Amid a new era, Doug Bierzychudek is one of the last champions of the ribbon. The 27-year Jeffco Public Schools physical education teacher, who officially retired last week, is a Field Day diehard....

Trump administration investigating Jeffco policy on sleeping arrangements for transgender students...

The Denver Post (Education) 6/3 6:55A Melanie Asmar

The U.S. Department of Education s Office for Civil Rights announced Monday that it is investigating Jeffco Public Schools over the district’s policy on sleeping arrangements for transgender students on overnight school trips. Jeffco’s policy...

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...

Trump administration moves to cut $100 million in federal contracts for Harvard

The Denver Post (Education) 5/27 2:40A The Associated Press

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE and COLLIN BINKLEY, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is asking federal agencies to cancel contracts with Harvard University worth about $100 million, a senior administration official said Tuesday,...

DPS schools with years of low test scores to once again face closure

The Denver Post (Education) 5/27 2:00A Jessica Seaman

For the past seven years, Denver Public Schools ’ controversial policy of closing low-performing schools was a thing of the past. District leaders in 2022 reunified Montbello High School, which was closed and split into three schools more than a...

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...

Rising popularity, cost of e-books forces some Colorado libraries to limit access

The Denver Post (Education) 5/25 2:00A Lauren Penington

From the moment Betsy Hardi laces up her shoes in the morning to when she locks the door behind her at night, her ears are filled with stories The 35-year-old dog walker spends her entire day on the...