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  Did Denver voters know what they were doing in 2005 when they raised their property taxes to pay for a supposedly innovative teacher-pay plan? There have been arguments about school salaries ever since teachers in one-room schools got ... read more

Eight-year-old Victor arrived in Denver from Mexico in October, and since then, he's spent much of the school year simply observing his second-grade classmates at Denver's Goldrick Elementary School, on the city's west side. He's learning to ... read more

Denver's school board Thursday approved two new school programs to open in 2009, including one based on a successful Bay Area charter program. As part of the district's reform efforts, Denver Public Schools had put out a request for proposals ... read more

Denver's school board Thursday approved two charter schools for 2009, including the expansion of the successful West Denver Preparatory Charter School. The board gave tacit approval to two other programs, deferring votes until organizers can ... read more

An embattled Denver charter school that faced closure after accusations of financial mismanagement and plummeting academics now has a new leader and another chance. Denver's school board Thursday unanimously approved the extension of a contract ... read more

Denver voters who approved a $25 million annual tax hike to fund a revolutionary teacher pay plan would be "surprised and outraged" by how the money is being spent, a citizens' group said Thursday. Only $7 million of the $25 million - or less than ... read more

Regarding the June 8 editorial, "Veto fosters accountability/Ritter quashes another run at CSAP": Gov. Bill Ritter and the Rocky don't understand what's happening in our schools as a result of high-stakes testing and the Colorado ... read more

When should the cops be called to a school? Proposed changes in the Denver Public Schools disciplinary policy have made at least one community group concerned that it might lead to police being called to schools unnecessarily. The proposed ... read more

Denver Public Schools plans to launch a discipline policy that at least one civic group feels will be too broad and bring unnecessary police involvement. The plan, to be introduced tonight to the school board, includes rules that ... read more

Somehow I had forgotten what a grim place truancy court is. I'd forgotten how a small windowless courtroom can offer 100 different views into a hundred different family lives, some of them so troubled, you have to look away. But only for a moment. ... read more