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DENVER -- When the superintendent of Denver Public Schools put out a call for help, the Denver Bar Association stepped up to the plate.Nearly 200 members of the bar have volunteered to be "guest" teachers at DPS.On average, DPS needs about 300 ... read more

A collection of 40 Norman Rockwell creations will be on display for two weeks at the Denver offices of Wealth Management Partners. MassMutual commissioned these works of art for use in advertising in the Saturday Evening Post and other magazines in ... read more

The sale of about $150 million worth of bonds by Denver Public Schools ended Tuesday — the first round of sales to raise capital for a $454 million construction program the city’s voters approved in November.“It was a very ... read more

DENVER - Greg Courter may be aptly named as executive director of Mile High Squash. He's using the court to engage at-risk students in a program designed to keep them in school."The mission of Mile High Squash is to keep kids in school, to provide ... read more

Officials from Cesar Chavez Academy said on Thursday they have reached a deal to lease the building in northwest Denver that currently houses Denver Arts and Technology Academy, or DATA, and are asking Denver Public Schools to let them open their ... read more

Denver Public Schools is expected to begin selling about $150 million in construction bonds on Monday as part of the $454 million bond measure approved by Denver voters in November.David Suppes, the newly installed chief operations officer, told the ... read more

The board of Denver Public Schools was told Thursday that construction and repair work associated with the $454 million in bonds that Denver voters approved for the school district in November will start yet this year.Projects targeted for 2009 total ... read more

HIGHLANDS - Third grade students at Valdez Elementary won the lottery. They didn’t buy a ticket, but they won a huge prize when the I Have A Dream Foundation selected this Valdez set of third graders to be the next set of “Dreamers” ... read more

HIGHLANDS – When the sun shines on Ana Marie Sandoval, DPS’s accounting department smiles. After Jay Smith, a parent of students at Ana Marie Sandoval, fulfilled his vision of putting a 9.9-kilowatt solar array on top of the school, the ... read more

Denver Public Schools Superintendent Tom Boasberg introduced his senior administrative team Tuesday with an ambitious challenge: to become the best urban district in the country. "That is our goal," Boasberg said. "We are committed to it, and we will ... read more