13 Jan Denver Education & News
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- School board Vice President Auon’tai Anderson obtains restraining order against Denver Public Schools critic
Denver school board Vice President Auon’tai Anderson has obtained a restraining order and filed a criminal complaint against vocal district critic Brandon Pryor, who recently won a court victory overturning Denver Public Schools’ efforts to bar him from district property. Both men agree they had an argument Friday morning about ... read more - Colorado’s science and engineering university wants to enroll more Pell students. Here’s how.Sabastian Ortega’s mom cried when he told her he was accepted to the Colorado School of Mines. He thought, as he talked to her on the phone, that she was crying tears of joy. She wasn’t. Instead, his mom worried about whether the family could help pay for school — ... read more
- A once-segregated Denver school fights to stay integrated 50 years after historic court orderStedman Elementary is one of Denver’s most integrated schools. About a third of its students are Black, a third are Hispanic and a third are white. “That happened by accident,” Principal Michael Atkins said, “but we are keeping it by design.” In the 1960s, Stedman wasn’t integrated at all — ... read more
- Colorado’s public school enrollment continues to fall, with declines hitting both elementary and middle schoolsColorado’s public schools continued to lose students last fall, according to new data from the state Department of Education that shows elementaries aren’t the only schools bearing the brunt of the enrollment crisis: middle schools also are teaching fewer children. Overall enrollment in preschool through 12th grade fell by 3,253 ... read more
- How to sign up for Colorado’s new free universal preschool programColorado parents with young children can sign up for the state’s new universal preschool program starting Tuesday. Universal Preschool Colorado, which begins in the fall, is a voluntary program that offers families with eligible children up to 15 hours of free preschool per week. More than 1,340 providers have signed ... read more
- If affirmative action ends, college admissions may be changed foreverBy Stephanie Saul, The New York Times MIDDLETOWN, Conn. — In 1964, hoping to erase its image as a privileged cloister for white rich families, Wesleyan University contacted 400 Black high school students from around the country to persuade them to apply. The outreach led to the enrollment of what ... read more
- Denver school board votes to close STRIVE Prep-Kepner charter schoolDenver Public Schools’ Board of Education voted Thursday to close STRIVE PREP- Kepner, a charter school in southwest Denver, at the end of the academic year. Superintendent Alex Marrero recommended closing the middle school because of low test scores, with a memo noting that STRIVE PREP- Kepner also has ... read more
- Denver Public Schools facing $9 million budget shortfall, expected to be in the red for yearsDenver Public Schools officials are forecasting the district will run a budget deficit at least through the 2025-26 fiscal year, if it is unable to find significant savings as enrollment shrinks. The state’s largest school district anticipates a roughly $9 million shortfall at the end of the 2022-23 academic year, ... read more
- Colorado graduation rates went up. So did the number of dropouts.Colorado and many school districts in the state saw higher graduation rates for the class of 2022 than before the pandemic, even as students had to meet new graduation requirements. But the dropout rate also increased to its highest level in four years — a sign that schools are still ... read more
- Denver teachers struggle to afford to buy homes even as pay increases: “We’ve had to look elsewhere”Amy DeFusco had wanted to buy a house. When the 36-year-old moved to metro Denver in 2015, she and her husband rented an apartment with her brother. The arrangement, she thought, would be temporary. Seven years later, DeFusco and her husband no longer live with her brother and have ... read more
- How a school enrollment lottery changed the trajectory of an undocumented Denver student’s lifeRecess at Denver’s Castro Elementary School took on a sobering tone as Daniela Uriarte and her fellow fifth-graders gathered to discuss the subject weighing on their young minds: whether a middle school enrollment lottery would secure them a spot at a prestigious junior high that could change the trajectory of ... read more
- Denver metro area school closures for Dec. 29, 2022On days with severe weather, school closures and government office closures will be updated throughout the day. While most schools are on winter break, a few have announced that offices are closed. MORE WEATHER NEWS: Click here for the latest updates on weather, traffic, road closures and more. A status ... read more
- A Colorado high school is one of 60 nationwide teaching AP African American Studies for first timeStudents sat huddled in groups in a classroom at Aurora’s Overland High School, going through folders filled with their assignments for that November morning. In one of those folders, they found a poem by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper that was published in 1854. As Gloria Ansah’s group read “The Slave ... read more
- Colorado colleges rethink how to address increasing student hunger: “Can’t afford to eat”Metropolitan State University of Denver’s newest strategy to address student hunger is Rowdy’s Corner — a 1,000-square-foot former campus convenience store turned free-food-and-supplies stop for students. Not only is the space new, but the attitude around it is reinvented, too. The Auraria Campus institution is intentionally avoiding calling the location ... read more
- Former Denver Public Schools security guard charged with sexual exploitation of a childA former Denver Public Schools security guard has been charged with sexual exploitation of a child, the First Judicial District Attorney’s Office announced Wednesday. Jeffrey James Blanchard, 27, was arrested Dec. 14 and a hearing in the case is scheduled for Jan. 11, according to a news release. ... read more
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