I have a question for the school boards and administrators who have decided that we should go back to 100% in-person learning this fall: How many teacher deaths are you OK with? In my 10 years as...
https://www.coloradoindependent.com/2020/07/20/colorado-teacher-schools-covid-reopening/
I remember crunching numbers all the time when my child was one-year-old and in a Head Start program: How much of a raise would keep my kiddo on state Medicaid, or how much of a raise would be su...
https://www.coloradoindependent.com/2020/07/17/child-care-costs-cliff-effect-colorado/
Denver Public Schools plans to hold classes in person this fall, joining a number of other metro area districts in a more complete return to the classroom. The announcement represents a change fr...
https://www.coloradoindependent.com/2020/06/26/denver-public-schools-in-person-classes-fall/
The Denver teachers union and district officials reached an agreement late Thursday that preserves some pay raises won in last year’s historic strike even as the district faces significant budg...
https://www.coloradoindependent.com/2020/06/19/denver-teachers-union-district-new-contract/
The Denver school board could vote next week on a resolution that would remove police officers from the city’s public schools by the end of 2020. A majority of school board members — four of ...
https://www.coloradoindependent.com/2020/06/05/denver-school-board-support-removing-police/
We, the student leaders at the Sturm College of Law, stand in solidarity with our colleagues and community of color. Our society is in the midst of unrest due to continued police brutality, the l...
https://www.coloradoindependent.com/2020/06/04/unrest-grief-action-george-floyd/
Following nationwide protests of racist policing, the Denver school district is expected to begin a conversation about the role of police officers in Denver schools — with some district leaders...
https://www.coloradoindependent.com/2020/06/04/protests-denver-police-schools/
If Colorado schools return to classroom instruction in the fall, it could look very different, with temperature checks, face masks, and very small class sizes. The Colorado Department of Educatio...
https://www.coloradoindependent.com/2020/05/27/colorado-schools-fall-guidance-covid19/
Colorado’s Joint Budget Committee slashed $493 million from next year’s higher education budget, a massive 58% cut from this year’s funding levels by lawmakers trying to fill the state’s ...
https://www.coloradoindependent.com/2020/05/20/colorado-budget-cuts-higher-education/
Federal assistance meant to lessen the economic blow of COVID-19 on Colorado’s colleges isn’t fully meeting the needs of their neediest students and comes with restrictions that limit the abi...