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Education News Colorado Gets Stiffed on CSAPs

No Taxation Without Misrepresentation

A state property-tax goofup means that a poor Colorado county has to pay back a huge oil company.

Breaking Away

Idalia’s students may have only one school, but at least it’s theirs.

See Jane Read

Jane Komperda is overcoming dyslexia one letter at a time. But the St. Vrain School District still thinks she's too smart for special ed.

Expect a Denver Public Schools teacher-recruitment program to set a new record

Jane Komperda is overcoming dyslexia one letter at a time. But the St. Vrain School District still thinks she's too smart for special ed.

Off Limits

From see to shining see.

Best Sports Bar for Food

Lazy Dog Sports Bar and Grill

Best Political Comeback by an Ex-Governor

Roy Romer

Best New Hoopnasium

Gold Crown Fieldhouse

Best Youth Basketball Organization

Gold Crown Foundation

Reading, Writing and CSAP Scores

DPS's new literacy program is raising the bar -- but will it raise test scores?

The First Step

P.S.1's changing course leaves some people wondering what direction the charter school is taking.

Life Skills Offers Last-Chance High

Justin Martinez was raised in the school of hard knocks, but Life Skills is his last hope for a diploma.

No Sweat

A top-rated teacher laments the demise of phys ed.

Young Blood

Rising political powerhouse Jared Polis is rich, tireless and filled with contradictions.

Terminal Solution

Tiny Branson throws itself a lifeline with its online school.

Community Watch

Excel Academy charter school wants a home, but neighbors say not on their range.

Making the Grade

The state's most-improved schools got banners -- but the checks aren't in the mail.

Soda and Water

DPS learns which schools are thirstiest for its Pepsi contract.

Teacher's Pet Peeves

The state's new teacher incentive program has had unintended consequences.

Reading, Writing and Refrigerator Raids

Virtual schools are becoming a viable option for parents who prefer to keep their kids at home.

The Berating Game

As the controversy continues over Colorado's new report cards, Westword offers this handy guide for the perplexed.

One for All

Charter schools are perfect for special-education kids. That's the problem.

Know Your Boardmembers

The graduating class and the incoming members.

Making the Grades

Colorado's Board of Education is more powerful than you know -- and it would like to get even stronger.

Cutting Class

Denver schools will face a big budget crisis next year, and something's got to go.

Graded on a Curve

Neighbors of Jefferson Academy think the charter school could use a civics lesson.

Language Barrier

Denver Public Schools' bilingual-education policy is open to interpretation.

Class Wars

Northeast Denver's schools are running out of room.

Communication Breakdown

The Boulder Valley School District has a hard time learning how to teach kids with special needs.

The Denver Private School District

Denver Public Schools considers privatizing its health and social services.

A Helping Handout

To win underwriting contracts, bond houses provide campaigns with free political pros--but taxpayers wind up carrying the load.

He Always Plays His Bills

For Senate Majority Leader Jeff Wells, the game's the thing.

Class Warfare

As they battle for bigger budgets, Colorado educators get a crash course in fundraising.

Forward to the Past

What will happen when Denver's model of integration, Manual High, returns to the old days of segregation?

Truth or D.A.R.E.

The anti-drug program definitely works--in trying to promote its own survival.

Study Break

Barnes Business College may have shut down, but it's still giving taxpayers the business.

SCHOOL'S OUT

WHY IS P.S. 1 THE ONLY NEW CHARTER SCHOOL TO SURVIVE? ASK DPS.

COACH TURNS INTO PUMPKINHEAD

WHY IS P.S. 1 THE ONLY NEW CHARTER SCHOOL TO SURVIVE? ASK DPS.

CHARTER MEMBERS

WHEN TWO DPS TEACHERS DECIDED TO OPEN A NEW SCHOOL, THEY DISCOVERED THEY HAD A LOT TO LEARN.

PRACTICE WHAT YOU TEACH

DELIA ARMSTRONG-BUSBY HAS DEVOTED HER LIFE TO LEARNING. BUT THIS LAST LESSON CAME HARD.A MATTER OF PRINCIPAL DELIA ARMSTRONG-BUSBY IS SMART. SHE'S TOUGH. AND SHE'S OUTTA THERE.

CLASS STRUGGLE

THE WINNERS AND LOSERS AFTER A YEAR OF THE CHARTER-SCHOOL LAW.

THE BEST AND THE BRIGHTEST?

A TEACHER CHALLENGES GIFTED PROGRAMS AS BIASED.

SEPARATION ANXIETYARE DISABLED PUPILS IN A CLASS BY THEMSELVES?

A TEACHER CHALLENGES GIFTED PROGRAMS AS BIASED.

SEPARATION ANXIETY

A TEACHER CHALLENGES GIFTED PROGRAMS AS BIASED.

Argh! Did Mexican pirates all walk the plank?

A TEACHER CHALLENGES GIFTED PROGRAMS AS BIASED.

Wake-Up Call: No more educational regional directors or Tancredos

The U.S. Department of Education is eliminating several regional director jobs, disappointing Coloradans hoping for an appointment, the Denver Post reports today. According to a notice outlining the job eliminations,"These political appointees have not had substantial policy or administrative func ... More >>

Bruce Benson: CU party-school pooper is our latest Shmuck of the Week

Bruce Benson.​Each Friday, we anoint a deserving person as our Shmuck of the Week. Here's our latest winner... Any kid with two brain cells to rub together knows that you don't start making excuses for doing something wrong until you get caught. But that's apparently one lesson CU president ... More >>

CU's Princeton Review reefer madness & party school rank falls: Why bitch, Bruce Benson?

Bruce Benson.​On Friday, we named University of Colorado at Boulder president Bruce Benson Shmuck of the Week for complaining in advance about the way the Princeton Review comes up with its annual party school and reefer madness rankings. Naturally, we assumed he was doing so because CU was ne ... More >>

Alyson Tabb part of CIA's Cream of the Crop

Alyson Tabb, a Westminster native, earned a Culinary Institute of America scholarship.​The Culinary Institute of America's Cream of the Crop scholarship has been awarded to only about ten young chefs a year for the past twelve years. So the chance of someone who'd just started cooking and baki ... More >>