Amesse Elementary will see if schoolwide changes can replicate the success of McGlone

Denver schools will limit suspensions and expulsions in early grades

After a year of testing, Denver Public Schools finds lead above standards in 3 percent of fixtures

11 recommendations to change racial inequities in Denver’s schools

GOP panel kills landmark attempt at school discipline reform

Colorado schools soon will be judged by a new measure: How many students are chronically absent

Chronic absences increase the likelihood kids won’t read well by the end of third grade, will be held back in later grades and will drop out of high school.

Colorado schools would fare slightly better under plan approved by budget committee

The prospect of balancing the larger state budget with this proposal for education was described as “grim.”

Full-day kindergarten is at risk as Aurora schools look to cut $31 million

As Aurora Public Schools searches for ways to cut its 2017-18 budget, free full-day kindergarten like Kenton’s is among one of scores of programs that could fall victim.

Colorado Senate Republicans say they don’t want to cut funding to schools to pay for roads

Leaders in both parties have been working toward a way to find billions of dollars for the state’s roads.

Minority students are less likely to have teachers rated effective, data show

Eighty-two percent of teachers and 74 percent of principals in schools with the highest minority populations were rated effective.

Colorado education department asking thousands of educators for new criminal background checks

Which Colorado school districts are outshining the rest — and which are falling behind? New report seeks answers

“The Outliers: The State of Colorado School Districts” examines how school districts across Colorado are serving different groups of students.

Time’s up: 12 Colorado schools will face state intervention for not improving

School quality ratings approved Thursday by the State Board of Education mean the schools face options that include closure, conversion to a charter school or a different direction.

Colorado Senate is going to take up a bill to let teachers carry guns in schools

The bill would let school districts decide whether employees who are concealed-carry permit holders could undergo training to carry on campus.

Colorado education leaders sign petition asking Washington officials to protect undocumented youth

Superintendents from Colorado’s two largest school districts have signed a petition asking President Trump and Congress to extend temporary protections for young undocumented immigrants.

At rancorous meeting, Denver school board stands by decision to close school but questions process

Diet Nope: Colorado’s large districts still keeping diet soda out of high schools

Officials in six of Colorado’s 10 largest districts say there are no plans to allow diet soda sales.

Colorado’s student population is growing — but not so fast

Colorado’s student population this school year grew at its slowest rate since 1989.

Two Colorado districts plan to ask state board to up their quality ratings to stave off sanctions

Aurora and Westminster public schools were the only districts that filed the necessary paperwork by Tuesday, the deadline for districts that received one of the state’s two lowest ratings to appeal.

Changing city, changing suburbs: A look back at important demographic shifts in our schools

The city’s breakneck growth is remaking the face of not just Denver but the metro area and beyond — and in the process, profoundly changing the region’s public schools.