After a year like no other, Colorado high school seniors plot post-graduation life

The Denver Post (Education) 5/17 2:00A Tiney Ricciardi, Elizabeth Herna

Before the pandemic, Nasim Martin’s every moment seemed to be accounted for. If the straight-A student wasn’t working on classwork or dual-enrollment college assignments at Fountain-Fort Carson High...

Longmont High seniors celebrate with car parade

The Denver Post (Education) 5/16 3:05P Amy Bounds

Cars festooned with blue-and-white balloons, streamers, college signs and other decorations paraded through the streets around Longmont High on Sunday, giving seniors an extra opportunity to celebrate...

How Colorado schools are helping teenagers — and their families — get the COVID vaccine

The Denver Post (Education) 5/16 8:42A Erica Meltzer

This week, the federal Centers for Disease Control opened vaccine eligibility to children aged 12 to 15, clearing the way for most middle and high school students to get vaccinated against COVID-19. Children in that age group drove an increase in...

Racist attacks revive Asian American studies program demand

The Denver Post (Education) 5/15 8:30A Terry Tang

As Dartmouth College sophomore Nicholas Sugiarto flipped through the course catalog last semester, two words caught his eye: “Asian American.” The 19-year-old Chinese Indonesian American didn’t know Asian American-focused classes were even an...

FAQ: When and where can Colorado kids can get COVID-19 vaccines

The Denver Post (Education) 5/12 2:00A Tiney Ricciardi

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved an emergency use authorization to administer Pfizer s two-dose COVID-19 vaccine to adolescents aged 12 to 15 . It’s the first COVID-19 vaccine approved for this demographic and it has shown 100%...

U.S. schools fight to keep students amid fear of dropout surge

The Denver Post (Education) 5/11 5:10A Heather Hollingsworth

KANSAS CITY, Kan. U.S. educators are doing everything they can to track down high school students who stopped showing up to classes and to help them get the credits needed to graduate, amid an anticipated surge in the country’s dropout rate...

CU President Mark Kennedy announces he will step down in “coming months”

The Denver Post (Education) 5/10 6:49A Elizabeth Hernandez

University of Colorado President Mark Kennedy has begun discussions about leaving his post as leader of the four-campus system, he announced Monday, two weeks after Boulder faculty and students voted to censure him for his actions and comments...

Schools are open, but many families remain hesitant to return

The Denver Post (Education) 5/10 2:00A The New York Times News Service

By Dana Goldstein , The New York Times Pauline Rojas’ high school in San Antonio is open. But like many of her classmates, she has not returned and has little interest in doing so. During the coronavirus pandemic, she started working 20 to 40...

Denver Public Schools names 3 superintendent finalists

The Denver Post (Education) 5/7 8:03A Tiney Ricciardi

Denver Public Schools on Friday announced three finalists for superintendent to succeed Susana Cordova, who left the district in December . Notably, interim superintendent Dwight Jones is not among the contenders. The finalists include: Andre...

Western Colorado University’s president announces retirement following controversy over Jan. 6...

The Denver Post (Education) 5/7 6:48A Elizabeth Hernandez

Greg Salsbury Western Colorado University President Greg Salsbury is retiring this summer following months of controversy including a vote by the majority of the Gunnison campus s faculty in favor of...

Denver Public Schools plans return to in-person learning in the fall, no COVID vaccine requirement —...

The Denver Post (Education) 5/6 9:21A Tiney Ricciardi

Denver Public Schools leaders expect students will return to full-time, in-person learning this fall, and at this point, the district is not planning to require students and staff to be vaccinated against COVID-19. During a news conference...

Roosevelt High School community shows support for principal Brian Littlefield

The Denver Post (Education) 5/6 3:19A Anne Delaney

Support for a recently demoted Weld County high school principal, and criticism of the leadership style of a school district superintendent were themes of a board of education meeting Wednesday in Milliken as the Weld RE-5J School District...

New Colorado law expands access to medical cannabis in schools

The Denver Post (Education) 5/5 12:27P Alex Burness

Gov. Jared Polis on Wednesday signed a new law expanding access to and use of cannabis-based medicine in schools, a step he called overdue. The bipartisan law, SB21-56 , removes the authority that school principals currently have to permit or not...

Denver Public Schools would pay $30M for west side of Johnson & Wales University campus

The Denver Post (Education) 5/5 2:00A Thomas Gounley

Thomas Gounley, BusinessDen The buildings on the campus that Denver Public Schools would buy are, clockwise from top left, Aspen Hall, Whatley Chapel, Wildcat Center and Academic Center. Terms of the...

COVID, technology, unrest make stressful year for teachers

The Denver Post (Education) 5/3 2:23A Acacia Coronado, Kantele Franko

MANOR, Texas — The school bell rings, and about a dozen masked first-graders turn to the monitor and wave hello to their classmates — each a tiny Zoom square representing the other half of the class. The teacher — standing behind a plexiglass wall...