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In a quest to find out the best teaching practices, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is giving $45 million to six school districts, including Denver, for a two-year study of teaching.The Measures of Effective Teaching project will examine the ... read more

DENVER - Every year the Colorado Department of Education recognizes the tops of the teaching profession in the state. This year, all three finalists teach in districts in and around the Mile High City. Watch video profiling three finalists"I believe ... read more

First lady Michelle Obama told Denver students Monday that there is a sure-fire way to succeed: hard work, focus and confidence. Speaking at a luncheon for high school girls at the governor's mansion and at a sit-down with students at South High ... read more

DENVER - The first lady is the last person they ever expected at South High School."We were told we get to meet her. So it's going to be very spectacular," says student Michael Streno. He, and about a dozen other students, spent their Sunday ... read more

DENVER - Most students wouldn't be excited to be at school on a Sunday, but those who were decorating the inside of South High School were. They are preparing for a visit from First Lady Michelle Obama on Monday. She is visiting as part of a ... read more

When an announcement went over the intercom shortly before noon Friday at South High School, for once it wasn't reminding students to get to class. Instead, it let them know that first lady Michelle Obama would be visiting the school Monday. The ... read more

DENVER - This week, Denver Public Schools Superintendent Tom Boasberg introduced his "turnaround strategies" on how to fix some of the city's worst schools. Some parents are concerned about the change, asking for their schools to be left ... read more

A plan by Denver Public Schools Superintendent Tom Boasberg to overhaul a half-dozen failing schools is an effort to do what's right for children at these troubled schoolsnot the grown-ups who run them.We applaud Boasberg's political courage in ... read more

There is much debate in Colorado about how to improve our public schools. The stakes could not be higher. We suggest a simple principle to guide this debate: Every student in every neighborhood deserves a high-performing public school.Based on this ... read more

Spencer R. Titley, the University of Arizona economic geologist internationally renowned for his work on the origin of porphyry copper deposits, is being honored this fall for his 50-plus years of excellence in teaching and research at the University ... read more