Denver teachers can begin voting Tuesday on the tentative wage agreement that ended their strike

The Denver Post (Education) 2/18 7:50A Elizabeth Hernandez

Online voting by educators to ratify the strike-ending  agreement reached between Denver Public Schools and the Denver Classroom Teachers Association begins Tuesday and stretches through Sunday. An informational meeting to hear details about the...

How an all-night negotiation ended Denver’s first teachers strike in 25 years

The Denver Post (Education) 2/16 1:00A Elizabeth Hernandez

Henry Roman compared the all-night bargaining session that ended Denver s first teachers strike in 25 years to a Netflix binge. There was such momentum, said Roman, president of the Denver Classroom...

Decades-old Arapahoe High School yearbook photos show students wearing KKK-like hoods

The Denver Post (Education) 2/15 5:00A Sam Tabachnik

Photos in decades-old Arapahoe High School yearbooks show students wearing hoods that resemble those of the Ku Klux Klan, the latest revelation in a national conversation on racism that has...

Denver teachers “elated” to be back in classrooms following deal to end strike

The Denver Post (Education) 2/14 2:11P Saja Hindi

Sophomore Quynh Wills was happy to have her regular teachers back at Denver s East High School on Thursday the result, she said, was a much better-organized classroom than she d encountered earlier this week. We re learning what we re actually...

Denver Public Schools, teachers reach tentative agreement to end strike

The Denver Post (Education) 2/14 1:08A Elizabeth Hernandez

Negotiators from Denver Public Schools and the district s union agreed on a tentative deal early Thursday morning to end the city s first teachers strike in 25 years following an all-night negotiating session. After reviewing the Denver Classroom...

PHOTOS: Best protest signs from the Denver teachers strike

The Denver Post (Education) 2/13 11:51A AAron Ontiveroz, Helen H. Richar

Colorful signs have been a staple of Denver s teachers strike. Take a look at some of the messages striking teachers and their supporters touted from the picket line.

WATCH: Standing up: One educator’s Denver teachers strike story

The Denver Post (Education) 2/13 8:10A Amy Brothers

Rachel Brody didn’t want to strike. She’s a kindergarten teacher who loves her job. She was worried about the effect of the strike on her kids. But she did strike. So did at least 2,600 fellow educators across the Denver Public Schools system....

Denver high school violated First Amendment rights of student journalist who documented strike...

The Denver Post (Education) 2/13 6:05A Saja Hindi

The American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado, the Student Press Law Center and a private attorney entered the fray Wednesday over student journalists right to document what s happening inside their...

Negotiations to end Denver teachers strike resume as both sides express hope for a resolution

The Denver Post (Education) 2/13 5:48A Elizabeth Hernandez

Negotiations to end the Denver teachers strike resumed Wednesday morning, and instead of educators protest chants filling the bargaining room, the teachers clapped and snapped their fingers in...

LIVE: Denver teachers strike updates for Feb. 13, 2019

The Denver Post (Education) 2/13 1:00A The Denver Post

Denver teachers strike photos The Denver Post wants to see your photos of the strike from rallies, organizing sessions and inside schools and classrooms. If you re willing to let the Post use and...

Adams 14 school board selects Mapleton Public Schools to manage troubled district

The Denver Post (Education) 2/12 4:42P Robert Garrison

COMMERCE CITY The troubled Adams 14 school district is looking to its neighbor for help. Tuesday night, the Adams 14 school board selected Mapleton Public Schools to take over management of the district. The board’s decision will now go to the...

Crosswords and “The Incredibles”: Some Denver high school students say not much learning going on...

The Denver Post (Education) 2/12 3:18P Saja Hindi

Although Denver Public Schools spent more than $136,000 on lesson plans  for the first two days of the current strike, some students particularly those in the city s high schools say they re not doing...

Denver teacher’s daughter protested with her mom 25 years ago. Now daughter is the teacher, and mom...

The Denver Post (Education) 2/12 2:03P Jessica Seaman

Letty Gonzales has been on the picket lines before, walking with teachers as they chant for better pay. At 17, she walked out of a classroom, taking a bunch of her classmates with her as she joined...

Kamala Harris, Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders put Denver teachers strike in national spotlight

The Denver Post (Education) 2/12 7:11A Andrew Kenney

Denver s teachers strike has become a cause célèbre for national politicians and local elected leaders. Among the most prominent cheerleaders for the educators: U.S. Sens. Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren and Kamala Harris. In the richest country...

Denver-area pot shop offers 1-cent cannabis deal to striking teachers

The Denver Post (Education) 2/12 6:20A Jackson Barnett

A local cannabis dispensary is offering Denver Public School employees eighths of cannabis for a penny while the teachers strike carries on into its second day . The dispensary Kind Love at 4380 E. Alameda Ave. in Glendale started the nearly free...