Author: Chalkbeat Colorado
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Latino community coalition calls for delay in Denver schools superintendent vote
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A group of Latino community leaders called Tuesday for the Denver school board to delay its vote to confirm Alex Marrero as the next leader of Denver Public Schools after he was named in a lawsuit filed against his previous district. The board’s sole Latino representative, however, told Chalkbeat the board is confident in its…
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Denver school enrollment predicted to drop 6% by 2025
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Enrollment in Denver Public Schools is expected to decrease 6% by 2025 — nearly double the rate of decline that district officials predicted before the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new analysis presented to the school board Monday. Elementary school enrollment, which has been falling for several years now, will continue to decline, the analysis…
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‘Not waiting until summer’: Adams 14 leaders try to get ninth-graders back on track after more than half fail two or more classes
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Across the country, most students struggled with remote learning, but among high school freshmen in the Adams 14 district, more than half failed two or more of their classes last fall. “Once they fail a class, they fall behind for four years,” said Ron Peterson, the high school turnaround specialist for MGT Consulting, the management…
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VOTER GUIDE 2020 | Denver’s 4A and 4B would fund school nurses, air conditioning, and more
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Denver voters will decide whether to earmark tax dollars for schools this November. They face two questions on the ballot. Measure 4A asks voters to approve a $32 million mill levy override, a type of tax increase. 4B asks voters to approve a $795 million bond. What would the bond and mill levy override pay…
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Denver school board affirms state ban on discrimination against hair and hairstyles
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Denver school district policies that protect against discrimination based on race will now explicitly include protection from discrimination based on hair and hairstyle. The school board on Thursday unanimously approved a resolution in support of a state law passed earlier this year that bans discrimination based on hair texture, hair type, or hairstyle such as “braids, locs, twists, tight…
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Hiring principals, seeking funds: Denver is moving forward on opening a comprehensive high school in Montbello
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Denver Public Schools will start looking this winter for principals for a new Montbello high school and feeder middle school. The schools are set to open in the fall of 2022. The announcement Tuesday is the latest step as Denver moves ahead with reopening a comprehensive high school to serve far northeast Denver. The district closed the former…
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Here’s how Aurora schools are offering some students in-person instruction
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Two rows of middle school students, each with their backs against opposing walls, stood on spaced out “X”s in the hallway at North Middle School in Aurora on Friday. There they practiced speaking English — using full sentences as they had just learned in class. “Hi. My name is…” they practiced saying to their partner…
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Facing economic and family stress, fewer Colorado students are enrolling in college
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The coronavirus pandemic is causing fewer students to enroll in Colorado’s community college system this fall, especially those that are first-generation and low-income. The roughly 9% drop in enrollment highlights the brutal situation that COVID has created and decisions thousands of students face. The pandemic also is altering student behavior patterns. Typically, community college enrollment…
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Colorado teachers unions launch merger talks
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Colorado’s two main teachers unions are exploring a merger that both groups hope will increase their influence on state and local education policy. The Colorado Education Association, an affiliate of the National Education Association, and AFT Colorado, an affiliate of the American Federation of Teachers, announced this week that they are forming an “exploratory unity…
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Colorado families are leaving $58 million in federal food aid on the table
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The families of more than 200,000 Colorado children could miss out on hundreds of dollars in food assistance if they don’t act soon — and many of them don’t even know they’re eligible. Colorado has distributed less than half of the $110 million it received from the federal government through the Pandemic EBT program, and the…
