A COVID-19 vaccine mandate for Colorado schoolchildren? Not so fast, say public health officials

The Denver Post (Education) 11/28 1:00A Jessica Seaman

Coloradans ages 5 to 11 are now eligible to get vaccinated against the coronavirus, but the state health department and school districts aren’t rushing to require the shots to attend school. The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment...

How a new cohort of young, Black historians plan to preserve and tell Colorado’s story

The Denver Post (Education) 11/28 1:00A Noelle Phillips

Dexter Nelson II remembers being one of two Black kids in his classroom in Oklahoma when a teacher started talking about slavery. All eyes are on you, he said. But you re like, I m not a slave!' Now,...

Colorado students: The Denver Post wants to hear from you about what it was like to return to school...

The Denver Post (Education) 11/22 9:52A Jessica Seaman

Reporter Jessica Seaman wants to hear about Colorado student experiences’ during the first half of the school year. Students returned to in-person classes this fall during the middle of a COVID-19 surge. How are you coping? Are you feeling...

“I don’t know how we can keep going”: DPS employees struggle with staffing shortages

The Denver Post (Education) 11/22 1:00A Jessica Seaman

Alysa Hawkins has never taught in a world without a pandemic and her students, a class of first-graders at Force Elementary in Denver, have no memories of a world without one. The students were online for most of their kindergarten year so they...

Chance Hill resigns from CU Board of Regents

The Denver Post (Education) 11/19 2:05P Katie Langford

University of Colorado Regent Chance Hill resigned from the Board of Regents effective immediately Friday morning to “pursue new professional opportunities outside the state,” the system announced....

Denver school board votes to pay members up to $750 per month under new state law

The Denver Post (Education) 11/19 4:23A Melanie Asmar

The Denver school board voted 5-2 Thursday to pay board members, as allowed under a new state law passed six months ago. Denver Public Schools will pay board members up to $150 per day for as many as five days per month — or $750 per month each —...

Schools, pediatricians look to make up lost ground on non-COVID vaccinations

The Denver Post (Education) 11/18 3:36A Kaiser Health News

By Kate Ruder, Kaiser Health News WESTMINSTER Melissa Blatzer was determined to get her three children caught up on their routine immunizations on a recent Saturday morning at a walk-in clinic in this Denver suburb. It had been about a year since...

Aurora Public Schools pays $5.5 million settlement in abuse case

The Denver Post (Education) 11/17 1:47P The Associated Press

AURORA Aurora Public Schools has agreed to settlements totaling $5.5 million for two former Rangeview High School students who were sexually assaulted by an employee, according to documents obtained by Sentinel Colorado. Related Articles Six...

Coloradans behind on student loans decreased by 36% during pandemic

The Denver Post (Education) 11/12 5:23A Bruce Finley

Colorado residents during the pandemic have been catching up on their student loan debts. Tens of thousands who were behind on making their payments caught up, leading to a 36% decline in delinquency rates in the state among the biggest gains...

Cal’s COVID chaos: How the Bears got caught up in Berkeley’s stringent testing

The Denver Post (Education) 11/12 12:35A Jon Wilner

In the middle of the football season, a brouhaha has broken out in Berkeley. On one side: The city’s public health department, which insisted on testing the entire Cal football operation even asymptomatic, vaccinated individuals — after a few...

Douglas County health officials struggle with suspended mask exemption order

The Denver Post (Education) 11/10 3:17P John Aguilar

The Douglas County Health Department on Wednesday tried to plot a course of action regarding its public health order currently blocked by a judge requiring the school district to let parents exempt their children from having to wear masks in...

Denver Public Schools to close schools Nov. 19 to give staff time for their “health and self-care”

The Denver Post (Education) 11/10 6:34A Jessica Seaman

Denver Public Schools will close schools on Nov. 19, a day earlier than planned for Thanksgiving break, so employees can have more time for their “health and self-care,” announced Superintendent Alex Marrero in a letter to staff on Wednesday. The...

Denver Public Schools to close schools Nov. 19 to give staff time for their “health and self-care”

The Denver Post (Education) 11/10 6:34A Jessica Seaman

Denver Public Schools will close schools on Nov. 19, a day earlier than planned for Thanksgiving break, so employees can have more time for their “health and self-care,” Superintendent Alex Marrero announced in a letter to staff Wednesday. The...

Four teachers in Colorado Springs instructed students to tape on COVID-19 masks

The Denver Post (Education) 11/9 11:48A Kieran Nicholson

A teaching team in Colorado Springs violated district policy and procedure last month when they  directed students to affix COVID-19 masks to their face with tape, according to Academy District 20...

Four teachers in Colorado Springs instructed students to tape on COVID-19 masks

The Denver Post (Education) 11/9 11:48A Kieran Nicholson

A teaching team in Colorado Springs violated district policy and procedure last month when they  directed students to affix COVID-19 masks to their face with tape, according to Academy District 20...