A focused, self-motivating approach makes the school a notable success when compared to other Denver schools serving large numbers of low-income, minority students.

The story of this Denver school provides a case study of the tension that exists between a desire to integrate schools and allow students to attend schools near home.

Changes in state law and Denver Public Schools policy are designed to level the playing field in how students are classified as gifted and talented.

Denver Latino students are arguably more segregated in predominantly Latino schools than black students were in the pre-busing days.

White students in Denver are 10 times more likely to be taught by a teacher of their own race than are either black or Latino students, records show.

Chalkbeat is offering a total of five paid, 10-week internships. Four are focused on daily education reporting in our four bureaus (New York, Denver, Indianapolis, Memphis), and one is a New York-based business development internship.

Consensus is building at the school that major changes to the school's programming can work for all students, members of a steering committee told a crowd of about 100 people in the school's auditorium.

More school districts and states are expanding access to early childhood education in an attempt to add learning time at a crucial point in children’s development. Politicians and advocates alike have seized on research that says starting school young offers lasting dividends — as well as on the political expediency of promising a benefit to every voter. As they have, the meaning of “universal” preschool has become, well, not so universal.

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