High School Education

How do I convince my Mexican father that times have changed?

CU Regents support Colorado ASSETS tuition plan for illegal immigrants

​The Colorado Legislature is once again tackling the issue of tuition for the children of illegal immigrants, and yesterday, CU's Board of Regents voted 5-4 to support Colorado ASSET, with Republican Regent Tillie Bishop joining the Democrats. The vote came after much passionate discussion -- ... More >>

Are you smarter than a Cherry Creek High school student?

Why do photovoltaic cells have p-type and n-type layers? * What causes stars to twinkle?* If you know the answers to these questions, you might qualify for the winning team of the Colorado Science Bowl. You might even be smarter than a Cherry Creek High school student!

Dropout rates: Fewer students dropped out of Denver schools last year than did five years ago

​ Good news from Denver Public Schools headquarters: In the past five years, the district's dropout rate has declined 42 percent. In the 2005-06 school year, 11.1 percent of students dropped out. In the 2009-10 school year, 6.4 percent of students dropped out. In real numbers, that means an es ... More >>

Graduation rates: 72.4 percent of Colorado high school students finished "on time" in 2010

Flickr​Update below: New stats show that 72.4 percent of Colorado high school students graduated "on time" in 2010. In other words, 72.4 percent of freshman who started high school in the fall of 2006 donned caps and gowns in the spring of 2010. But is this better or worse than years past? Tha ... More >>

FAIR-y Tales

Grab Iuengliss' first album, 07/01, for free

​Iuengliss is the brainchild of Bocumast co-owner Tommy Metz. A mess of pop-candy and '80s synth, it's a project that has produced countless releases and remixes. To celebrate the unveiling of Metz's new website, you can snag 07/01, luengliss' first album for free. Let's be perfectly clear he ... More >>

The Mexican has a DREAM for undocumented students

Meet Zach Heckendorf, a high school junior who's quickly moving to the head of the class

Being a junior in high school is all about experiencing things for the first time -- your first girlfriend, your first kiss, your first car. But seventeen-year-old Cherry Creek High School junior Zach Heckendorf is clearly not your typical high schooler. While his peers are still trying to figure ... More >>

Straight Up

A lesson in Latino dropout rates

Appearing together tonight: Tequila, wine, Mexican food and the mayor

​From 6 to 8 p.m. tonight, you can join honorary hosts Mayor John Hickenlooper and his wife, Helen Thorpe, at the D & F Tower, 1601 Arapahoe Street, for the Platteforum wine and tequila event to benefit ArtLab, an after school youth development program for high school students. The benefit, wh ... More >>

Nostalgia and nausea: Putting together the perfect '80s mix

You've had the experience. You're driving in the car or Pandora-ing or even - gasp! - listening to the radio when that song comes on - the one you can't believe you forgot all about. Instantly, you're transported in time and space - back to that kegger during your freshman year when you got so ... More >>

Prom, ganja and the smell test

Did Sarah Heideman's prom date smell like... this? Hard to ignore a press release with this headline: "Brighton High School Senior Excluded From Prom Because Her Date 'Smelled Like Medical Marijuana.'" According to the release, the incident in question involved Brighton High senior Sarah Heideman, ... More >>

Wake-Up Call: Dream on

"In this country, we have to let every child -- it doesn't matter if they are documented or undocumented -- live the American dream and have a chance to go to college," Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said yesterday on a tour of Bruce Randolph School with Michael Bennet, the former Denver Publi ... More >>

Regret Night ... perhaps not if you hire this band to play your prom

You know those scenes in all those classic '80s movies like Pretty In Pink or Better Off Dead, where some nameless outfit performs at a school dance while the young protagonists work out whatever assorted teen angst they happen to be grappling with at the time? As we remember it, our prom was exactl ... More >>

Today's Night & Day featured event: The Mizel Museum presents a Holocaust success story at the Tivoli

The story of how the residents of a little village in World War II-era Vichy France harbored 400 Jewish refugee children from the Nazis already seems tailor-made for the big screen. But documentary filmmaker Lisa Gossels had the real inside story: Her father and uncle were among the children given ... More >>

Rallying the troops -- and the votes -- at East High

Barack Obama's shout-out to Michael Johnston and Mapleton

Superintendent Charlotte Ciancio may have super powers

Emma, Prom? -Ari

Emma, Will You Go To Prom With Me? -Ari

Bilingual Education and Ignorance

The Mexican gives a reader a failing grade in basic common sense.

North High’s Model Student

This senior won't give DPS a gold star.

Lambchop

Damaged (Merge)

Metric

Live it Out (Last Gang)

An Army of Anyone

You need a high school diploma to enlist -- or a recruiter willing to bend the rules.

Jimmy Eat World

Futures (Interscope)

Big Deal

A good idea grows up into a missed opportunity.

Taken for a Ride

The bus stops here for Denver Public Schools.

Best One-Stop Shopping for Homeless Kids

Threads clothing program, Denver Public Schools

Female Hardball

In springtime, diamonds can be a girl's best friend.

Best Environmentally Correct Drought Relief

Colorado Waste Tire Program

Soda and Water

DPS learns which schools are thirstiest for its Pepsi contract.

Big Foot

The Colorado Rush changed the rules of youth soccer -- and stomped the opposition.

Best Bet for Teens With DPD Spy Files

Students 4 Justice

Best Media Multi-Tasker

Susie Wargin

Best Sporty School Project

Sunday Best: The Making of a Stadium, Invesco Field at Mile High

Best Heroine in the Making

Betsy Taylor
The Fantasticks

The Next Test

Manual High School earned extra credit for surviving the end of busing. But can it survive the CSAP?

Give and Take

A Denver ad agency puts a higher value on its services than Lieutenant Governor Joe Rogers does.

Graded on a Curve

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

Best high school athlete

Alicia Salas

Best local sports team -- amateur

Columbine High School football team

Too Much Church

A Green Mountain High School student finds out there's the Church of Christ, and then there's the Denver Church of Christ

Pomp and Circumstances

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.

Letter From Karnes County

FOCUS ON THE FRACAS

JAMES DOBSON URGES A LETTER-WRITING CAMPAIGN AGAINST A DPS GAY-HEALTH POSTER.

THE GIRL NEXT DOOR

COULD BE THE NEXT LEADER OF THE COLORADO KKK.ALL-AMERICAN GIRL SUGAR AND SPICE AND NOTHING VERY NICE--HERE'S THE KKK'S NEW LOOK.