Colorado lawmakers stave off cuts to program serving young children with disabilities

The Denver Post (Education) 4/8 2:00A Jessica Seaman

Colorado lawmakers grappling with a $1.2 billion budget shortfall have managed to find enough money to stave off deep cuts at least for now to a program that provides therapeutic care to young children with developmental delays and disabilities....

Arrowhead Elementary in Aurora briefly locked down after student brings gun to school

The Denver Post (Education) 3/28 6:00A Max Levy

An Arrowhead Elementary School student was detained Friday morning after Aurora police say they brought a firearm to school, causing a brief lockdown. Police spokesperson Joe Moylan said officers believe the student was spotted showing the gun to...

Dean shot at East High School in 2023 sues DPS over “nightmare that could have been prevented”

The Denver Post (Education) 3/21 8:53A Jessica Seaman

An administrator injured in the 2023 shooting inside East High School sued Denver Public Schools this week, alleging Colorado’s largest district failed to provide adequate training on student searches and knew the shooter “had an affinity for...

CU regent decries “public lynching” after board seeks probe of efforts to cut funding to marijuana...

The Denver Post (Education) 3/20 2:00A Elizabeth Hernandez

The University of Colorado s Board of Regents is launching an independent investigation into one of its own, Regent Wanda James, after the dispensary owner pushed to cut state funding from a CU campaign to educate youth about the risks of...

What’s at stake in Colorado’s school-funding fight as teachers descend on Capitol

The Denver Post (Education) 3/20 2:00A Jessica Seaman

When teachers rally at the Colorado State Capitol on Thursday, the message they intend to bring to Gov. Jared Polis and legislators scrambling to fill a $1.2 billion shortfall is this: Stop using money for K-12 schools to balance the state’s...

CSU complies with Trump’s anti-DEI directives — and sees protests — as other Colorado schools weigh...

The Denver Post (Education) 2/22 2:00A Elizabeth Hernandez

Colorado State University leaders plan to make staffing and policy changes to comply with the Trump administration s most recent directives against diversity initiatives at educational institutions in an effort to preserve the school s federal...

Denver-area schools are training staff what to do if ICE agents show up at their doors

The Denver Post (Education) 1/19 2:00A Jessica Seaman

Superintendent Alex Marrero sent a memo to Denver Public Schools principals last week ahead of President Donald Trump s return to office, offering training about what they and their front-office staff...

Colorado’s public school enrollment continues to fall, but immigrant students are helping fill...

The Denver Post (Education) 1/15 5:00A Jessica Seaman

The surge in immigrants arriving in Colorado last year softened the enrollment decline in the state’s public schools, which for years have been losing students and funding as birth rates fall across the nation. The arrival of thousands of migrant...

Simmering dispute among DPS board involves pay issue, allegations of “unprofessional behavior”

The Denver Post (Education) 1/9 2:00A Jessica Seaman

A dispute among Denver school board members that s set to be aired publicly Thursday night follows a year-long attempt by one elected director to receive full compensation for his official duties and incidents he had with at least two senior...