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Officials from Denver's Grant Middle School on Tuesday asked the school board to allow them to opt out from certain hiring processes - specifically, accepting direct placement of teachers. The school joins a handful of others in Denver Public ... read more

  AURORA - The Aurora School Board of Education made history Tuesday night by approving one of the district's high schools as its first autonomous school. Starting in July, William Smith High School will be governed by its own leadership ... read more

Separated from the rest of Denver Public Schools by miles of interstate and acres of flatland, principals of the 18 schools in the city's far northeast sometimes feel they're on their own. Friday, after working together for nearly three years, they ... read more

After all the fuss and late-night meetings, we're glad to see the Denver Classroom Teachers Association found a way to approve autonomy requests from two Denver schools. The move means that Bruce Randolph School and Manual High School can control ... read more

DENVER - After being initially denied by the teacher's union, two schools started Wednesday as the first public schools with autonomous powers in the history of Colorado. The freedom granted to Bruce Randolph School and Manual High School may ... read more

Denver's teachers union will allow two schools to break from key parts of the contract, ending weeks of haggling and allowing the schools some autonomy. Bruce Randolph Middle School and Manual High School in northeast Denver sought control over pay, ... read more

Denver Public Schools and its teachers union on Tuesday announced a compromise that will grant historic freedoms in hiring, staffing and scheduling for two city schools that sought to break free of union and district rules. Bruce Randolph and Manual ... read more

DENVER, Colo. -- Free at last. On Tuesday, bids for autonomy from Bruce Randolph and Manual High School were approved by the district and its teachers union. "I think it's a positive thing for our students and our community," said Bruce Randolph ... read more

Eighteen northeast Denver schools are seeking to build an autonomous school zone - freeing them from union and district rules they say are bureaucratic barriers to improving student achievement. Principals from several of the schools met Monday with ... read more

DENVER (CBS4) - Denver Public Schools and the teachers union reached a deal Tuesday that gives two schools new freedom in hiring, staffing and scheduling. Bruce Randolph Middle School and Manual High School asked to be freed from union and district ... read more