Tay Anderson censured by Denver school board

The Denver Post (Education) 9/17 10:33A Sam Tabachnik

Denver Public Schools Board of Education voted to censure one of its members, Tay Anderson, on Friday following an investigation released this week that found he flirted online with a 16-year-old student before knowing her age and made coercive...

COVID outbreaks strand some students at home with minimal learning

The Denver Post (Education) 9/17 6:32A Bryan Anderson, Heather Hollings

RALEIGH, N.C. Within his first week back at school after a year and a half, 7-year-old Ben Medlin was exposed to a classmate with COVID-19, and he was sent home, along with 7,000 other students in the district, for 14 days of quarantine. Not much...

Cherry Creek students destroy bathrooms as part of TikTok challenge

The Denver Post (Education) 9/16 8:03A Jessica Seaman

Cherry Creek School District is asking parents to talk to their children about vandalism after students participating in a TikTok challenge destroyed bathrooms and stole fire extinguishers. Students who destroy or steal school items and disrupt...

CU Boulder reports over 90% vaccination rate for students, employees

The Denver Post (Education) 9/16 5:07A Katie Langford

University of Colorado Boulder officials are reporting vaccination rates above 90% for students and employees who have completed the campus vaccine requirement or filed for an exemption. As of the Wednesday deadline, 31,421, or 88%, of students...

Petitions seek to recall three Boulder school board members over COVID precautions

The Denver Post (Education) 9/16 4:58A Katie Langford

From left, Boulder Valley school board members Richard Garcia, Kathy Gebhardt and Lisa Sweeney-Miran Nine people are seeking to recall three members of the Boulder Valley School District s Board of...

Tay Anderson investigation finds no evidence of sexual assault, but reports “behavior unbecoming of...

The Denver Post (Education) 9/15 12:59P Noelle Phillips

Anonymous sexual assault allegations against Denver school board member Tay Anderson were unsubstantiated, but the law firm investigating him found behavior unbecoming of a board member, according to a statement released Wednesday by the board. As...

No subs: Denver metro districts scrambling to fill temporary teacher vacancies

The Denver Post (Education) 9/15 2:00A Jessica Seaman

Denver metro school districts are facing another challenge in the return to the classroom: They can’t find enough substitutes to fill in when a teacher is absent. The shortage existed before this year, but has increased during the pandemic —...

Report on sexual assault allegations against Tay Anderson finished, to be publicly released this...

The Denver Post (Education) 9/13 2:00P Noelle Phillips

The independent investigation into anonymous sexual assault allegations against Denver school board member Tay Anderson is finished, and the 96-page report was delivered Monday to all of the board s members except Anderson. Anderson, who has...

Scars of history, hope of healing: Fort Lewis College removes inaccurate depictions of its Indian...

The Denver Post (Education) 9/12 2:00A Elizabeth Hernandez

DURANGO Ernest House Jr. pulled the plaque off one of the stone columns beneath the clock tower at the heart of Fort Lewis College, one of three panels that for the last two decades have offered an...

As 9/11 drifts into history, Colorado has no statewide standards on teaching kids about it

The Denver Post (Education) 9/11 2:00A Elizabeth Hernandez

Wagma Mommandi dreaded navigating the ninth grade as a Muslim student in Denver Public Schools in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. 9/11 was the most significant thing in my life as a...

Biden presses states to require vaccines for all teachers

The Denver Post (Education) 9/10 11:15A Collin Binkley

Hoping to prevent another school year from being upended by the pandemic, President Joe Biden visited a Washington middle school Friday to push his new COVID plan, accusing some Republican governors of being “cavalier” with the health of...

CU regents pick leader of presidential search team

The Denver Post (Education) 9/10 11:12A Bruce Finley

The University of Colorado Board of Regents took its first steps toward selecting a new president on Friday, picking a search committee leader and deciding to expand that team by adding three members before being bogged down in politics. Regent...

Teachers union endorses four candidates in November’s Denver Board of Education election

The Denver Post (Education) 9/9 11:48A Melanie Asmar, Chalkbeat Colorad

The Denver teachers union has endorsed its final candidate in November’s school board race: Xóchitl “Sochi” Gaytán, who is running to represent southwest Denver. Gaytán is a Denver Public Schools graduate and current parent, and works as a...

COVID cases among Colorado kids rose after schools opened their doors

The Denver Post (Education) 9/9 2:00A Jessica Seaman

COVID-19 cases in Colorado s school-aged children more than doubled in the past three weeks as a new school year began, with the increase most notable among children ages 6 to 11 a group that is not...

How is the pandemic impacting Colorado students? Help The Denver Post report on the return to...

The Denver Post (Education) 9/8 2:00A Jessica Seaman

Reporter Jessica Seaman is reporting on COVID-19, children/teens and K-12 schools and wants to hear from Colorado students, parents and teachers about the return to classes. With COVID-19 infections increasing among Colorado children, The Post...