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Denver Public School

  • Dozens of high schools students, most wearing red shirts or pants, cross Colfax. A brunette girl in the front holds a sign reading: "We are skipping our lessons to teach you one!"

    Friday protest had parents scrambling for child care, leaving some frustrated and others inspired

    Jan. 30, 2026, 6:29 pm
  • Denver East High School

    DPS pushes back on federal government’s deadline to convert all-gender bathroom

    Sep. 08, 2025, 12:28 pm
  • A woman in an orange multi-colored shirt from the collar bone up smiling at the camera with a blury background

    DPS mom and former teacher Monica Hunter running to represent northeast Denver on school board

    Aug. 18, 2025, 3:23 pm
  • DPS mom Timiya Jackson, who works in dropout prevention, running for NE Denver seat on school board

    Jul. 25, 2025, 2:10 pm
  • Denver Public Schools Superintendent Alex Marrero

    Denver Superintendent Alex Marrero gets 2-year contract extension from school board

    May. 02, 2025, 2:14 pm
  • Denver's Palmer Elementary School

    The future of two closing Denver school buildings is decided. The fate of three others is TBD.

    Apr. 04, 2025, 12:38 pm
  • Teacher with an iPad speaks to a student at her desk

    Denver teachers won’t get bigger raises after board upholds arbitrator’s decision in pay dispute

    Mar. 05, 2025, 11:26 am
  • Denver's West High School

    Board proposal calls for adjusting Denver school boundaries every 10 years

    Feb. 07, 2025, 11:40 am
  • Columbian Elementary School

    School closures: Denver board considering amending policy to add a pause

    Feb. 07, 2025, 11:40 am
  • A sign says "Denver Public Schools" in the window of a building; blue skies are reflected in the glass.

    Denver Public Schools board votes to close 7 schools, forcing 1,100 families to relocate next year

    Nov. 21, 2024, 6:28 pm
  • A sign outside Palmer Elementary details construction projects paid for by a bond measure approved by Denver voters

    Denver has spent millions in voter-approved bond money to upgrade schools it might close

    Nov. 21, 2024, 5:31 pm
  • Two yellow school buses.

    Denver Public Schools on track for voter-approved $975 million bond

    Nov. 05, 2024, 8:25 pm
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