Author: Melanie Asmar Chalkbeat Colorado
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Denver charter school will move to make way for new comprehensive Montbello high school
The Denver school board took another step Thursday toward reopening a comprehensive high school in Denver’s Montbello neighborhood and dismantling a decade of controversial reforms. Thursday’s vote had to do with the location of two middle schools: a new comprehensive middle school that will feed into the high school, and a charter school called STRIVE…
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Denver’s elementary enrollment is falling. Could school consolidation be next?
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save In the past six years, Denver Public Schools has lost about 5,000 elementary-aged students, district data shows. That’s the equivalent of 16 schools’ worth of kids. The decline has hit the western and north-central regions…
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Denver school board declines to expand autonomous innovation zones — for now
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Two Denver schools will not be allowed to join innovation zones — at least not right now — after the school board denied their applications to enter agreements that would afford them more autonomy and…
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Denver teachers union elects lead strike negotiator as president
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Denver teachers union members have elected a new president, their second in the two years since the union went on strike for higher wages and a different pay structure. Rob Gould served as the union’s…
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New Colorado school guidelines could mean fewer quarantines, more in-person learning
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save New Colorado state guidance could mean fewer teachers have to quarantine at home after a positive case of COVID-19 at their school, allowing more classrooms to stay open. The guidance, released Wednesday, comes after district superintendents advocated for increased flexibility on who to send home when students…
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New Colorado school guidelines could mean fewer quarantines, more in-person learning
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save New Colorado state guidance could mean fewer teachers have to quarantine at home after a positive case of COVID-19 at their school, allowing more classrooms to stay open. The guidance, released Wednesday, comes after district superintendents advocated for increased flexibility on who to send home when students…
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State education board overturns Denver’s decision on DSST Noel charter school
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save In a win for the DSST charter school network, the Colorado State Board of Education Thursday overturned a Denver school board decision to delay the opening of a new DSST high school. The state board’s…
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Superintendent Susana Cordova is leaving Denver Public Schools
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Less than two years after being appointed superintendent of the school district where she was once a student, Denver Public Schools Superintendent Susana Cordova announced she is leaving the district and her home city to take a job in Texas. She will be the deputy superintendent of…
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Denver is bringing students back, but many high schools are sticking with virtual learning
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save 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…