University of Northern Colorado puts Greek life on hold over reports of sexual misconduct, drugs,...

The Denver Post (Education) 2/7 9:28A Elizabeth Hernandez

The University of Northern Colorado temporarily paused Greek life this semester, prohibiting fraternities and sororities from participating in recruitment, initiation, parties and formals in response to serious and systemwide allegations of...

Childhood trauma isn’t new, but the job the Westminster School District created to address it is

The Denver Post (Education) 2/6 3:31A Ann Schimke

There’s a lot Melisa Sandoval wants educators to know about childhood trauma. But perhaps the most important thing is this: It’s not a life sentence. The brain can heal from trauma with the right relationships and environment, said Sandoval, the...

Parents, students question sudden resignation of SkyView Academy Principal Jonathan Ail

The Denver Post (Education) 2/6 3:11A Lance Hernandez

HIGHLANDS RANCH, Colo. Did he resign on his own, or was he forced to? The sudden resignation of popular SkyView Academy Principal Jonathan Ail is raising questions among parents, students and staff at the PK-12 public charter school in Highlands...

Sister schools, twin shortfalls: Cal, UCLA athletic departments run massive deficits in FY19

The Denver Post (Education) 2/5 11:23A Jon Wilner

Cal and UCLA, the intercollegiate athletic crown jewels of the University of California system and owners of a combined 156 NCAA team championships, are having trouble with their books. Their athletic departments reported shortfalls for the 2019...

Steamboat Springs school district hires former FBI agent for sexual harassment inquiry

The Denver Post (Education) 2/4 6:39P The Associated Press

STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colo. A Colorado school district hired a former Federal Bureau of Investigation agent to conduct an investigation into a high school’s culture related to student claims of sexual harassment or sexual assault. The Steamboat...

Denver metro area school closures and delays for Feb. 4, 2020

The Denver Post (Education) 2/3 4:43P The Denver Post

On days with severe weather, school closures and government office closures will be updated throughout the day. MORE WEATHER NEWS: Click here for the latest updates on weather, traffic, road closures and more. A status of Other means there is an...

Colorado K-12 education news in brief: Education bills move forward, food drive benefits students,...

The Denver Post (Education) 2/1 2:00A Meg Wingerter

Education bills pass out of committee Multiple bills related to education cleared the first hurdle in the process of becoming laws when they passed their original committees this week. HB 20-1002 would allow nontraditional college students to get...

Colorado’s new graduation requirements could be a hurdle for Denver Public Schools students

The Denver Post (Education) 2/1 2:00A Meg Wingerter

Denver Public Schools still has work to do if students are going to meet the state s new graduation requirements, but the problem isn t as severe as numbers released in December suggested. The December data showed only 9% of juniors in DPS on...

$15M gift to CU Boulder earns mechanical engineering department a new name

The Denver Post (Education) 1/30 8:44A Elizabeth Hernandez

The University of Colorado Boulder s mechanical engineering department will become the second named department on campus, thanks to a $15 million gift from local philanthropist and businessman Paul M....

Colorado legislators advance teacher pay fund, kill bonus pay proposal

The Denver Post (Education) 1/30 7:40A Erica Meltzer

A union-backed bill that would create a fund that cash-strapped districts could ta p for teacher pay raises advanced out of the Senate Education Committee Wednesday on a party-line vote, though not before lawmakers of both parties raised...

Why does Colorado have so few teachers of color? A new bill seeks to find out.

The Denver Post (Education) 1/30 7:40A Erica Meltzer

Aya Saad-Masri grew up speaking English at home, but because she came from an immigrant family, white elementary teachers misinterpreted her stutter and placed her in English language development classes. “I never had the chance to experience a...

Regis University’s cyberattack was “a crisis of the highest order,” but investigators couldn’t trace...

The Denver Post (Education) 1/28 2:33P Elizabeth Hernandez

Information-technology experts from across Colorado convened at Regis University on Tuesday to learn never-before-shared details about last year s crippling cyberattack an experience the private Jesuit college s chief information officer called a...

Denver’s Regis University paid ransom to “malicious actors” behind campus cyberattack

The Denver Post (Education) 1/28 2:00A Elizabeth Hernandez

When malicious actors carried out a cyberattack on Regis University last August crippling the Denver campus s IT network and downing phones, email and Wi-Fi university officials paid the hackers a ransom in hopes of restoring their incapacitated...

Colorado developer, home builder team up to grow agricultural charter school near DIA

The Denver Post (Education) 1/27 9:08P Judith Kohler

One of Colorado s best-known developers is returning to the family s roots with the donation of 10 acres worth $3 million for a charter high school that will focus on the science and future of...

Scientists at CU create living concrete that can reproduce on its own

The Denver Post (Education) 1/27 4:13P The New York Times News Service

For centuries, builders have been making concrete roughly the same way: by mixing hard materials like sand with various binders, and hoping it stays fixed and rigid for a long time to come. Now, an interdisciplinary team of researchers at the...