Subject: Elementary Education

• Look of the Day - Trisha and Her Slippers

  February 28, 2008

• Q&A With Wes Miles of Ra Ra Riot

  June 11, 2008

• Home Is Where the Heart Is

  June 17, 1999

• !Atencion, Por Favor!

  Parents in northwest Denver say the school district doesn't listen--so they're making more noise.

  April 29, 1999

• Nine-year-old author doesn't know s*#t about talking to girls

  October 15, 2008

• Blinded by Science

  Boulder throws another Barbie on the fire.

  March 8, 2001

• A Bad Rap

  Sticks and stones may break its bones, but can Teller Elementary's name hurt it?

  April 12, 2001

• 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.

  August 28, 2003

• Denver Public Schools: A battleship in the city?

  The logo of Rishel Middle School. Last night, emotions were high at the Denver Public Schools' board meeting. Many controversial issues were on the table: new charter-school proposals, a plan to have several schools share space with one another, and the much-protested idea of closing struggling Rishel Middle School in southwest Denver. For a big city district that’s been fighting for years to boost enrollment and fill emptying schools, this was a trifecta of risky moves.

  November 21, 2008

• Best Young Planetarium

  March 29, 2001

• Follow That Story

  August 14, 2003

• Q&A with Rasmus Stolberg of Efterklang

  Photo by Rasmus Weng Karlsen Efterklang is a Danish group whose latest album, 2007's Parades, merges electronic touches with sweeping orchestration -- a combination that results in a vivid, dreamy soundtrack to bliss. In advance of the outfit's March 14 gig at the Larimer Lounge, bassist/multi-instrumentalist Rasmus Stolberg pulls back the curtain on Efterklang's history, creative approach and future ventures in the intriguing Q&A below.

  March 11, 2009

• Reading, Writing and CSAP Scores

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

  March 13, 2003

• Busy Miss Lizzie

  Hilary Duff rides her popular TV series to Rome and the big screen.

  May 1, 2003

• 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.

  December 6, 2007

• Faith, Hope...and Charity

  Against all odds, this nine-year-old has been voted the most likely to succeed.

  April 19, 2007

• Soldiers' Song

  The Rock 'n' Roll Soldiers fight for their right to, well, rock.

  February 16, 2006

• Students' Counsel

  The next generation takes a pop quiz on the media.

  November 10, 2005

• Making the Grade

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

  February 13, 2003

• Soda and Water

  DPS learns which schools are thirstiest for its Pepsi contract.

  January 23, 2003

• Art Start

  Middle-school students build a world together in Denver.

  January 16, 2003

• Speak and Be Heard

  Special-education students are learning that their own best advocates may be themselves.

  May 9, 2002

• Teacher's Pet Peeves

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

  March 28, 2002

• Touched by an Angel

  Gifted children are otherworldly, Linda Silverman says. The challenge is helping them thrive here on earth.

  September 6, 2001

• Sister Act

  These girls go to the head of the class.

  May 31, 2001

• Summer School

  Four Denver schools plan to switch to a year-round schedule.

  March 1, 2001

• One for All

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

  February 22, 2001

• Telling Tales Out of School

  After her retarded daughter was sexually assaulted, a mother decided to teach DPS a lesson.

  October 19, 2000

• All in la Familia

  Mariachi Vasquez is living the Mexican-American dream.

  May 11, 2000

• Class Wars

  Northeast Denver's schools are running out of room.

  April 6, 2000

• Child's Play

  Middle-schoolers find out what it's like to have a bun in the Easy-Bake Oven.

  April 6, 2000

• Honor Rolled

  Parents in Boulder say their school-board members lied to them.

  April 6, 2000

• Lessons from the Third Grade

  Three years ago, Ashley was branded the worst elementary school in Denver. What’s changed? Everything.

  January 27, 2000

• Playtime Is Over

  Parents in northwest Denver finally got their school -- or did they?

  December 16, 1999

• School Haze

  After two assaults at Stedman Elementary School, parents are looking for answers.

  August 26, 1999

• Truth or Scare

  Drug-using DARE graduates come clean about the program's faults.

  May 20, 1999

• Small Wonders

  May 13, 1999

• Zero for Conduct

  Teacher Joseph C'de Baca says Denver's public schools are failing Hispanic students--by passing those who don't deserve it.

  April 23, 1998

• Readin', Writin' and Rabble-Rousin'

  Boulder school board president Stephanie Hult is an old liberal with conservative ideas--and a king-sized chip on her shoulder.

  February 20, 1997

• Class Warfare

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

  February 6, 1997

• Shot in the Arm

  Colorado starts mandatory hepatitis B vaccinations for schoolkids.

  January 16, 1997

• The Show Must Go On

  And thanks to these Pioneers, it will.

  November 21, 1996

• CLOSED ENCOUNTERS

  WHAT HAPPENED AT THE OPEN SCHOOL IS ANYTHING BUT AN OPEN BOOK.AN OPEN AND SHUT UP CASE AT THE JEFFCO OPEN SCHOOL, THEY DON'T ALWAYS PRACTICE WHAT THEY TEACH.

  September 27, 1995

• CHARTER MEMBERS

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

  March 29, 1995

• A HOUSE DIVIDED

  A DAUGHTER'S ACCUSATIONS RIPPED THIS FAMILY APART.FAMILY PLOTS WHAT HAPPENED TO THE WAHRLES ISN'T A PRETTY PICTURE.

  December 21, 1994

• SEPARATION ANXIETY

  May 25, 1994

• FAILING GRADE

  SOME PARENTS GIVE LOW MARKS TO JEFFCO'S "MULTI-AGE" CLASSROOMS.

  May 18, 1994

• Class Dismissed

  Barnum Elementary struggles to understand Hillary Adams's last lesson.

  January 5, 1994

• The Columbine effect: A horrific roster of school shootings since 1999

  The most resonant information that's come my way thus far today in relation to the anniversary of the April 20, 1999 shootings at Columbine High School was contained in an e-mail sent to Westword by Vicki Newell, a public-policy director with the Colorado PTA. It's a list of school shootings since 1999, as compiled by The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence. The roster gathers 108 incidents since Columbine, synopsized with chilling banality. Many of them received relatively little publicity

  April 20, 2009

• Colorado Crimes: Report of attempted child abduction in Boulder

  View Larger Map Boulder Police are investigating reports of an attempted child abduction at Mesa Elementary School, 1575 Lehigh St., seen in the graphic above (if you have problem seeing the image, click "View Larger Map"). Get the details after the jump.

  May 13, 2009