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My name is Aron Palma. I am a proud North High senior. I would first of all like to thank you for your time and consideration in reading this letter. The reason I am writing to you is to hopefully inspire and motivate you to impact a student's ... read more

The North Denver school - formerly Brown Elementary - finished with a big boost from a south suburban synagogue.Brown is brighter and more colorful, thanks to help from those new friends, because of a mural on a retaining wall leading from the street ... read more

The third of five public meetings to discuss closing or changing some Denver schools is scheduled for tonight, 6:30 to 8 p.m., at the Montbello Recreation Center gym, 15555 E. 53rd Ave. The other meetings, both from 6:30 to 8 p.m., are Wednesday at ... read more

Fewer than one in five Hispanic boys enrolled in Denver middle schools graduates from a city high school five years after starting eighth grade, an analysis by the Rocky Mountain News has found.Only 19 percent of Hispanic male eighth-graders enrolled ... read more

A Denver oilman is facing some obstacles in his push to help hundreds of Denver Public School students pursue their dreams of attending college. Tim Marquez and his wife created what may be the most lucrative scholarship foundation in the country. ... read more

A little more than two years ago, I sat at a table in the North High School library and watched a young man, a researcher turned systems analyst turned consultant, the possessor of three master's degrees, guide a sophomore through the pros and cons ... read more

Johnny Martinez fidgeted and visited with other members of the North High School Class of 2007 last week as they rehearsed for graduation, but his mind wandered back to his old alma mater, Manual High School.Manual, abruptly closed at the end of the ... read more

Julissa Torrez could write a book about fighting back, about overcoming the odds, about any of the many clichés often thrown at poor kids growing up in the neglected neighborhoods of north Denver.She has, in fact, scrawled her personal motto ... read more

For the past five years, both the national and local conversation on public education has been focused on assessment, accountability and closing the achievement gap. For good reason. We've all heard the grim statistics:• Every year, nearly a ... read more

Kathy Callum will feel something akin to what many of her graduating seniors are feeling - the sense of a cherished chapter ending and a new one beginning.Callum is retiring as principal of Denver East High School; Denver's oldest, after 32 years as ... read more