Author: Melanie Asmar Chalkbeat Colorado

Two ballot measures that earmark extra funding for Denver Public Schools passed by wide margins Tuesday. The money from ballot measures 4A and 4B will be spent on teacher pay raises, installing air conditioning at more schools, reopening a comprehensive high school in far northeast Denver, and more. Denver voters have a long history of throwing financial…

A group of Denver students discussed a topic on a recent Friday that many of them had never studied before: the Haitian Revolution. The first discussion question: Should the Haitian Revolution, a successful rebellion of enslaved people that ended French colonial rule, be a part of history classes worldwide, just like the American and French…

Students at nearly all of Denver’s large high schools will continue to learn completely virtually through the end of the calendar year, even after campuses reopen next month. The reason is not because schools find virtual learning to be better than face-to-face learning. Rather, it’s largely because the district has placed strict limits on in-person interactions between…