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In their fourth year of trying, a group of students from Denver's Steck Elementary School brought home a third-place trophy from last weekend's world championships in the Destination ImagiNation competition. "We all trust each other; we didn't get as ... read more

Denver Public Schools teachers may now work anywhere in the state and retain their pension benefits under a bill signed into law Thursday by Gov. Bill Ritter. The new law puts DPS's pension program into the state's Public Employees Retirement ... read more

Senate Bill 256: The annual act laying out school funding provides some additional money for schools that boost the performance of at-risk students. School spending is required to increase each year under voter-approved Amendment 23, although ... read more

Math is not Koran Ray's best subject, but the 13-year-old student at Wyatt-Edison has figured out a trick to help him master his multiplication tables: He raps them. "I can rap about social studies, language, even Shakespeare," he said, launching ... read more

Many people have never been down the streets of Globeville. If they've noticed it at all, they've only seen Globeville spreading out beneath them when they're whizzing by on the elevated section of Interstate 70. For me, Globeville is home. My mother ... read more

For kids who speak English as a second language, the words of Shakespeare may as well be a third. “But if you can conquer Shakespeare,” Barnum Elementary teacher Joaquin Liebert teaches his students, “you can do ... read more

Every year, more than 4,000 Denver grade-schoolers storm downtown like Macduff overthrowing Castle Macbeth. But this takeover is more canon than cannon shot. Friday marks the 25th anniversary of the Denver Public Schools Shakespeare Festival. Each ... read more

I was at West High School last week for an educational awards ceremony and on my way out I ran into Helen Garcia, also known as Grandma. "You have to meet this student," she says, taking my elbow. "She was nominated for an award but she couldn't be ... read more

It's no fluke that East High School has won the national Constitutional scholar competition three years in a row. It's because of the huge commitment and amount of time the students spend learning the Constitution, its history and philosophy, said ... read more