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Denver school board approves agreement with outside law firm that could cost up to $1,000 an hour
An attorney the board has sometimes used in the past, whose firm also contracts with Denver Public Schools for other legal matters, charges $290 an hour, district officials said.
4 Denver schools boosted their state ratings and are now safe from closure under new district policy
Four schools that were at risk under the policy boosted their state ratings, saving them from a closure recommendation, according to preliminary data released Monday by the Colorado Department of...
Fewer Colorado schools are on state’s watchlist for low performance, according to new ratings
More than 50 schools exited what Colorado calls the accountability clock, so named because it ticks toward state intervention.
Chronic absenteeism fell in Colorado schools last year, but remains well above pre-pandemic level
More than a quarter of Colorado students -- 27.5% — were chronically absent in 2025-26, state data shows.
Conservative law firm alleges Denver Public Schools’ voting map was drawn with ‘racial intent’
The lawsuit comes in the aftermath of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Louisiana v. Callais decision, which significantly raised the bar for using racial considerations in drawing voting maps.
Jeffco Public Schools says 61 boys the Trump administration found on girls’ sports rosters were mascots, managers
In a letter to the community this week, Colorado’s second largest school district said no boys were competing on those teams -- and offered an explanation.
Denver Public Schools committee recommends bell-to-bell cellphone ban
DPS formed the 17-member committee in response to a new state law that requires all Colorado school districts to adopt a policy on student cellphone use by July 1.
Buying a ‘loot box’ in an online game? Some of the swag could help public schools under a Colorado bill.
House Bill 1148 is a wide-ranging bill aimed at enhancing data privacy for children who use online gaming platforms like Roblox and Minecraft.
‘Mamma Mia!’ performance a symbol of hope for Denver high school that could face closure
John F. Kennedy High School is one of four schools that could face closure under a new Denver Public Schools policy that calls for shuttering schools with persistently low state...
DPS promised to expand and diversify its elite public arts school. It hasn’t happened yet.
Cost concerns and competing priorities hindered a planned expansion that would have opened the school to more students without auditions.