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Denver South High School is changing mascots after students rallied to shed the Johnny Rebel image of a Confederate soldier that has long adorned the historic school.
Denver Public Schools board members plan to change course this fall, getting rid of the late-start days that had angered many students' parents.
Families flocking to West Denver Preparatory Charter Middle School for enrollment lotteries this week are among the reasons that Denver Public Schools is again projecting a growth spurt for fall 2009.
With interest in teaching rising as the economy falters, Denver Public Schools leaders on Friday unveiled one more pathway to the classroom for those who want to teach but lack traditional credentials.
Knight Fundamental Academy in central Denver has long been an anomaly, a mostly black back-to-basics school in an affluent white neighborhood, and school board members Thursday finally agreed to a move.
Colorado students enrolled in online K-12 education programs tend to be more affluent, more likely white and less successful academically than their peers in traditional schools - and their numbers are growing by leaps and bounds.
Can Colorado cut its dropout rate in half in 10 years? Is the state's plan to revise academic standards and revamp its testing system a good one? Probably not, experts say to the first question. Probably yes, they agree on the second.
National experts polled about Colorado's education reform say some goals are unrealistic and question why the state has seen so few results.
Denver Public Schools on Thursday announced its first cuts to school budgets in three years and rolled out a worst-case scenario plan that includes a salary freeze for teachers.
State leaders plan on taking dollars away from Colorado school districts even as President Barack Obama and some members of Congress want to give them more money.
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