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...

Denver Public Library apologizes for removal of Black history displays at Blair-Caldwell library

The Denver Post (Education) 5/24 2:00A Noelle Phillips

Tamara Rhone wants to know what happened to a showcase inside Denver s Blair-Caldwell African American Research Library that displayed memorabilia from her father s pioneering Black law firm. A few...

Federal judge blocks Trump administration from barring foreign student enrollment at Harvard

The Denver Post (Education) 5/23 3:03A The Associated Press

By COLLIN BINKLEY, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Friday blocked the Trump administration from cutting off Harvard s  enrollment of foreign students , an action the Ivy League school decried as unconstitutional retaliation...

Denver Public Schools’ employee paychecks delayed — but they’re coming, district says

The Denver Post (Education) 5/22 6:11A Jessica Seaman

Denver Public Schools officials say district employees didn t receive their expected paychecks Thursday morning, but direct deposits are expected in staffers bank accounts by the end of the day. Spokesman Scott Pribble said the district did not...

Judge blocks Trump’s order to dismantle the Education Department and fire employees

The Denver Post (Education) 5/22 5:08A The Associated Press

By COLLIN BINKLEY, AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday blocked President Donald Trump’s  executive order  to  dismantle the Education Department  and ordered the agency to reinstate employees who were fired in  mass...

Every senior at this Denver charter school network got accepted to college. There were fireworks and...

The Denver Post (Education) 5/15 2:00A Elizabeth Hernandez

The shrieks of thousands of elementary and middle school students filled the Denver Coliseum on Wednesday morning as kids with homemade signs, pompoms and light-up toys leaped in the stands with...

Risks of psychedelic use aren’t widely known. A Colorado campaign hopes to change that

The Denver Post (Education) 5/13 2:00A Tiney Ricciardi

When Liam Kelly first became interested in psychedelics as a teenager, they did so in a self-described nerdy way. Kelly, who uses nonbinary pronouns, would deeply research the drugs online to learn...

Trump’s reshaping of higher education tests America’s appeal for international students

The Denver Post (Education) 5/12 4:09A The Associated Press

By ANNIE MA, MAKIYA SEMINERA and JOCELYN GECKER, Associated Press As he finishes college in China, computer science student Ma Tianyu has set his sights on graduate school in the United States. No country offers better programs for the career he...