Author: Melanie Asmar
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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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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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Denver schools are offering four hours of supervision for remote learning. There’s still room.
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For $10 per day, Denver’s after-school program is offering families a solution to one of education’s biggest challenges right now: Who will supervise my child during remote learning? Denver Public Schools’ Discovery Link program usually runs before- and after-school programs. But since Monday, Discovery Link staff, as well as staff from other community organizations, have…
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Denver discards school rating system, will move forward with an information dashboard
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Denver’s controversial school ratings system is gone, eradicated by the Denver school board Thursday night. It will be replaced with state-issued school ratings and eventually paired with a dashboard of information that families want to know about schools. The seven-member board voted 6-1 Thursday to get rid of Denver Public Schools’ school performance framework, which…
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With classes set to start online next week, Denver schools are short thousands of computers
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Five days from starting a new school year online, the Denver district has a computer shortage. Denver Public Schools ordered 12,500 computers but not all of them have arrived, spokesperson Winna MacLaren said. The district serves about 92,000 students. District officials on Wednesday cited a nationwide device shortage caused by global supply chain issues. Denver…
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Facing a big budget gap, Denver school district cuts spending but avoids layoffs
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The Denver school board unanimously approved a budget Monday that cuts $65 million while still giving raises to teachers and low-wage workers. Top district administrators will see their salaries reduced, with the superintendent taking a 10% pay cut. School districts across Colorado are having to slash their budgets for next school year. Schools get significant…
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Denver school choice: What are enrollment zones? And are they working?
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All Colorado students have school choice, meaning they can request to attend any public school in the state for free. For the vast majority of students, whether or not to participate in school choice is, itself, a choice: Families happy with their assigned school don’t have to take part. But for some families in Denver,…
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With 15.7% average pay increase post-strike, more Denver teachers returned
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Far more Denver teachers returned to the classroom this fall than in previous years, a retention boost that district officials attribute to pay increases won after a teacher strike last year. But because veteran teachers tend to make more money than new hires, the higher retention means the district is paying more in teacher salaries…
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A new Denver school board takes a softer tone with low-performing schools
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The Denver school board is in the midst of radically changing its approach to school improvement, moving from an inflexible strategy that closed or replaced struggling schools to a more collaborative one that gives schools time to turn things around. But it’s clear that some schools still perceive district intervention as a threat. At the…
