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Critics are eager to point out that teachers unions seem more concerned with protecting their members - particularly failing teachers - than they are in helping students achieve. Unions have bolstered this perception by obstructing public education ... read more

The Denver teachers union walked away from a golden opportunity to become full- fledged partners in an ambitious school reform project at Bruce Randolph School. What a shame. Fortunately, for the students, school leaders have vowed to press forward ... read more

Teachers at a school in northeast Denver seeking freedom from union and district rules will move forward with their autonomy plan, despite failing to get wholesale approval from their union.     Teachers and administrators at Bruce ... read more

Teachers at Bruce Randolph School on Wednesday called their union's response to their autonomy request "unacceptable" and said they'll consider other options to run the north Denver school their way.     Those options could include ... read more

Attorney David Lane invoked the image of Martin Luther King Jr. in trying to persuade a jury this week to acquit three Columbus Day protesters who'd tried to block a Denver parade. The parallel is obvious, don't you see? King broke the law and was ... read more

A request by teachers at a northeast Denver school to be released from parts of the union contract was not supported Tuesday by union officials, who instead offered a limited counterproposal and denied any other school from attempting future ... read more

Board members governing the Denver teachers union wrestled into the night Tuesday before reaching consensus on a struggling school's historic attempt to free itself of union and district rules: Maybe. But not just yet.  After a two-week delay ... read more

DENVER - The Bruce Randolph School wants to be the first traditional public program to break away from its district and operate without oversight. While the board of education approved the proposal, the teachers' union did not. "I hope it's not a ... read more

A bid for autonomy at Denver's Bruce Randolph school faces another test today, when union leaders meet for the second time to vote on whether to accept a waiver from the teachers contract. The union, so far, has balked at the request - which despite ... read more

The governing board for a Denver teacher's union met Tuesday night to decide whether to approve a school's bid to become independent from the district and the union. The Denver Public School Board unanimously voted last month to grant autonomy to ... read more