Young Denver teachers are getting ready to strike with a mixture of confidence and nervousness

With no agreement in sight for negotiations between the teacher's union and Denver Public Schools, a strike is likely coming.

Former superintendents from California and Illinois will be helping Denver Pubic Schools find its new superintendent

DPS says it'll name at least one finalist by Oct. 15, and it's paying a company in Illinois $30,000 to help make that happen.

Some of Denver’s top teachers will get training to better help their colleagues

The Thrive Fellowship will include conversations with leadership experts and opportunities for teachers to learn from each other what’s working in their schools.

Far from reaching its ambitious goals, the Denver district plans to ask for community input

At the current pace of progress, it will take 13 years for the Denver school district to reach its goal that 80 percent of all third-graders be reading and writing at grade-level.

In Denver’s gentrifying neighborhoods, some middle-class parents are avoiding the school down the block

“I don’t want her to lose privilege, as weird as it is,” Hilbert said of his daughter.

Denver approves more schools that will wait ‘on the shelf’ to open, despite pushback

In a split vote, the Denver school board last week approved three more middle schools — but none will open right away.

Denver doesn’t graduate half of its Native American students. This charter school wants to change that.

Fewer than one in four Native American sixth-graders were reading and writing on grade-level last year, according to state tests.

Forum is a step toward equity for black students in northeast Denver, leaders say

Hundreds of black parents from northeast Denver attended the Black Empowerment Summit on Saturday at Shorter AME Church to discuss strategies for advocating for their children inside Denver Public Schools.

The number of Denver high school graduates enrolling in college is rising

More than half of Denver students who graduated high school last year immediately enrolled in a two- or four-year college, according to school district officials.

What you need to know to follow the money debate behind the teacher walkouts

Colorado teachers are marching at the Capitol this week for more school funding and better pay.

We asked Colorado teachers about their salaries and classroom needs. Here’s what they said.

Thousands of Colorado teachers are protesting at the state Capitol this week.

Denver touts record participation in school choice process

About four out of five still got into a first-choice school, district officials announced

Boasberg explains his decision to bring back Antwan Wilson: ‘He has so much to contribute’

Wilson was forced to resign as chancellor of Washington, D.C., schools after admitting he had evaded school-enrollment policies so his daughter could attend a sought-after school.

Forced out as D.C. chancellor, Antwan Wilson is back working in the Denver school district as a consultant

Wilson resigned in February after it came to light that he had skirted the district’s competitive school lottery process so his oldest daughter could transfer to a high-performing school.

Large achievement gaps in Denver highlighted by new national test data

Compared to other large, urban school districts, Denver has among the biggest achievement gaps in the country between white and Hispanic students in reading and math.

Denver has welcomed school autonomy, but some teachers are now saying ‘no, thanks’

That status, first put in place more than a decade ago, paved the way for the state law that permits district-run schools to adopt innovation plans.

Denver parents worry budget changes will hurt students with special needs, despite district assurances

Parents are worried about cuts to the number of special education teachers and paraprofessionals, teacher’s aides that one advocate called "the backbone of special education."

Former Colorado speaker Terrance Carroll to work for Denver Public Schools

Carroll represented the northeast part of the city as a Democratic state representative from 2003 to 2011.

These new schools want to open in Denver

The Denver school district did not solicit applications this year for any specific new schools, but that didn’t stop three entities from signaling their intent to apply.

Why this Denver elementary school has replaced detention with yoga

"I think yoga is about getting calm and chill,"