Jenny Brundin

Jenny Brundin is the education reporter for Colorado Public Radio. She joined CPR in 2011 after spending 16 years at KUER in Salt Lake City. Before her career in radio, Jenny worked as a literacy teacher at a refugee center in Alberta, Canada.

Denver Public Schools Superintendent Alex Marrero sits on a DPS Board of Education special session on violence and safety. March 23, 2023.

DPS superintendent Alex Marrero gets a 10% pay raise in new contract

Despite leading the largest school district in the state, Marrero had ranked 12th in the state in terms of pay compared to other district superintendents.

East High School dean Wayne Mason in his first public appearance since he was shot March 21 on campus by a student.

East High shooting: Dean Wayne Mason, 1 of 2 admins shot, speaks about shooter and how incident unfolded

“The moment Austin pulled that trigger, I forgave him.”

Denver Public Schools headquarters, March 23, 2023.

DPS wants to delay redistricting until after the election. Denver’s clerk and recorder isn’t so sure

Increasingly, the DPS board members don’t reflect the demographics of Denver students.

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Lake Middle School students are fighting to keep DPS from relocating another program into their building

About 40 students demonstrated outside the Sloan Lake school building Thursday to protest the possible co-location of another school there.

Denver Public Schools buses at their home off Federal Boulevard, Dec. 14, 2019. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

DPS’s minimum wage workers call for wage hike to meet cost of living

Workers say they can no longer afford to live in a city where the median house cost is $600,000 and inflation keeps prices rising.

Alex Magaña, executive director of Beacon Network Schools, greets students in Ms. Bienz's class at Kepner Beacon Middle School in Westwood. March 24, 2022.

Teachers get job protections as board curbs schools autonomy: DPS’ latest vote roils some school educators and parents

“Rushing through a proposal without stakeholder input and agreement is not what this board ran on.”

Demonstrators protesting the police and the government begin their evening on East Colfax Avenue by burning a pro-police flag. Nov. 4, 2020.

Demonstrators gather in Denver as the presidential election remains undecided

“We all just have to take a deep breath and be patient."

Bruce Randolph School during an extended COVID-19 spring break. March 19, 2020.

DPS delays in-person learning for middle and high school students

Nov. 9 is the earliest older children would return to in-person learning.

Students at Denver’s Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Early College introduced a resolution that will incorporate more voices into DPS' curriculum.

Student-led initiative will incorporate more Black, Indigenous and Latino voices into DPS’ curriculum

The “The Know Justice, Know Peace Resolution” resolution lays out a course for DPS to revamp some of its K-12 curriculum over the next two years.

Tavien Woods, 14, of Denver, speaks to protesters on Thursday in Civic Center Park in Denver.

About 1,000 people gather near Colorado State Capitol in latest night of protests

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