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In an effort to promote good habits, Colorado educators Thursday recognized 11 state school districts and two schools that have taken steps to make healthy food and exercise as important to students as learning the ABCs.Five years ago, students in ... read more

DENVER - The option to choose which school a child can attend in Denver is becoming more popular. Since the program went into effect in the early 1990s, students can go across town and attend any school they wish, as long as they meet the ... read more

The chaos begins in the Black household on weekday mornings around 6 a.m., when the family's three children prepare to head off to three different Denver high schools.Keenan, a senior, attends George Washington High School. Griffin the sophomore, ... read more

In most other charter schools, 8-year-old Cal Crum wouldn't be sitting in a second-grade classroom learning about geometric shapes with his typically developing peers.Cal, a student at Odyssey Charter School, has cerebral palsy, a severe enough ... read more

You wouldn’t know it by talking to her, but Hannah McGehee is one of only eight students in Colorado this year to earn a perfect score on the ACT college entrance exam.It’s not because the top-of-her-class George Washington senior ... read more

So far in 2009, Shannon Hagerman has earned a PhD from DU, given birth to daughter Emmery and had the U.S. secretary of education stop by the school where she’s principal to say she’s doing a terrific job. Caption: Alumna Shannon ... read more

DENVER - When the reforms began four years ago, the promise was to make the Mile High City the best urban school district in the nation. Four years later, Tom Boasberg says now is the time to make changes."We need to build upon the progress that ... read more

Denver Public Schools — spurred by factors such as full-day kindergarten and population growth — this year had its largest increase in enrollment since 1962.Enrollment at DPS jumped by 2,419 students, according to school- system ... read more

Operation School Bell is a kids' clothing store without mannequins, sales clerks or cash registers, a place where needy Denver students can shop for brand-new clothes without worrying about the tab. Caption: Alan Carasco, 5, listens as volunteer ... read more

Stapleton's developer wants to take $5.5 million earmarked for a park and instead donate the money for a new school in the neighborhood. John Lehigh, president of Forest City Stapleton Inc., also wants to contribute the land for the future school, ... read more