Tag: Racial Equity
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10th Circuit agrees ex-Cherry Creek schools teacher failed to prove discrimination
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The federal appeals court based in Denver agreed last month that the Cherry Creek School District ended the contract of a veteran elementary school teacher because of her performance, not because she expressed discomfort with racial equity trainings. Leslie Shannon, who is Black and Native…
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Denver Mayor Hancock leading national reparations effort for African Americans
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Denver Mayor Michael Hancock is leading a national effort to establish pilot projects that will provide reparations to African American citizens in several cities around the country. The group behind this effort, Mayors Organized for Reparations and Equity (MORE), is headed by Hancock and Los…
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Denver school board signs student-designed resolution to implement racially equitable curriculum
The “Know Justice Know Peace Resolution,” which begins the implementation of Black, Indigenous and Latino history into the Denver Public Schools’ curriculum, was signed Friday by the members of the school board. The “Know Justice Know Peace Resolution” was developed by Black students at the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Early College. “I’m sure we…