A group of University of Denver students got a surreal lesson last week at the intersection of pop culture and political correctness, social activism and Internet memes. While filming a Harlem Shake video (see it on the next page) with DU’s former mascot, Denver Boone, the group got an earful…
Students in Denver’s public schools will no longer be ticketed by police for minor infractions, such as using bad language or getting into a scuffle in which no one is hurt, according to the terms of an agreement signed today by superintendent Tom Boasberg and Denver police chief Robert White…
Update: Yesterday, we interviewed school board member Denise Montagu, who criticized the press for hyping the tale of Alex Evans, seven, who was allegedly suspended from Loveland’s Mary Blair Elementary for pretending to throw a grenade; read it below. But even as the school’s PTO plans twin rallies tomorrow, KHOW’s…
Last Friday, Alex Evans, a second grader at Loveland’s Mary Blair Elementary, was suspended for playing an imaginary game that included throwing a pretend grenade. Such stories are manna from heaven for those who think political correctness runs amok at schools. But while a local critic of Mary Blair policy…
In recent years, commencement speakers for the University of Colorado at Boulder have either been controversial or underwhelming to the vast majority of the student body. But neither of these issues are likely to plague the 2013 graduation ceremony, scheduled for May 10, since the speaker chosen — Academy Award…
A long way from the Afgan outpost he applied from, former U.S. Marine Sgt. James Denman is transitioning from soldier to code ninja. The first student admitted to Galvanize’s gSchool, Denman began honing his ninja skills last week when Galvanize, Denver’s start-up tech common workspace, launched its inaugural programming course,…
Overland High math teacher Carly McKinney became a newsmaker this week after flirty photos and dope-themed tweets on her now-deleted Twitter account led to her suspension and an investigation into her actions. Now, however, Twitter Nation is rising up in her defense, with a high-profile personality leading the charge: DJ…
CU-Boulder student government leaders began talking about moving the 2012 version of the infamous 4/20 rally off-campus the previous July, and worked closely with the administration for months prior to a visitor ban and Norlin Quad closure on the big day. In contrast, the current student administration has kept a…
Yesterday, we told you about first-year Overland High math teacher Carly McKinney, who became an instant star after her now-deleted CarlyCrunkBear Twitter account, featuring flirty pics and dope-joke tweets, was discovered by a local TV station. She’s now been suspended much to the chagrin of many students and an online…
Carly McKinney, 23, is a first-year math teacher at Overland High Schools, but her calculations related to a now-yanked Twitter account posted under the name CarlyCrunkBear don’t add up. She reportedly considered it a parody account, but administrators at the Cherry Creek School District don’t appear to find the flirty…
In the home state of Columbine, threats of school violence are taken very seriously, as well they should be. Hence, the decision by officials at Niwot High School to cancel classes and activities today following the discovery of a thirty-person “hit list,” as well as bomb threats. Get details and…
Denver Public Schools is expelling and suspending fewer students than in the past, according to a new report by the group Padres y Jovenes Unidos. The number of times students are referred to law enforcement is also decreasing, though the group notes that racial disparities still exist. Black and Latino…
The passage of Amendment 64, which became law earlier today, presents challenges for Colorado colleges, since lotsa students are as confused about the measure as many members of the public. That likely explains why the University of Denver chose last week to send enrollees a copy of its drug policy…
Sex is fun. In all its various forms and wild positions, it’s the single greatest thing you can share with another human being (or multiple human beings, if that’s your bag). But you can share more than fun. So that’s why I decided to go to the Denver Metro Health…
A new study disparages Colorado for requiring little civics education — something it ties to a poll showing that young people don’t understand voting laws, such as whether a photo ID is required to vote. (It isn’t in Colorado.) But the study, done by the Massachusetts-based Center for Information and…
Let the hyperbole fly: Depending on whom you ask, the presidential debate coming to town this Wednesday is either the biggest event of the election season, the biggest-ever boon to the University of Denver’s place in the national spotlight, or the biggest political anything to happen in Denver since the…
Kenna Egbune didn’t just go to school at CU-Boulder. He was extremely involved in campus life as PR director of the African Students Association and member of CU’s Queer People of Color and EyeResist groups. No wonder that the turnout was so large at a candlelight vigil last night to…
Former Congressman and gubernatorial candidate Tom Tancredo has purchased an advertisement in tomorrow’s edition of The Metropolitan, the student newspaper for Metro State University of Denver — one that could cost the school plenty. Tancredo confirms that the ad (see it below) seeks plaintiffs for a proposed lawsuit against Metro…
Update below: At an 11 a.m. press conference, representatives of the Colorado Education Association, the state’s largest teachers union, will announce their opposition to Amendment 64, the Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act. Backers of the measure portray it as pro-education, with proceeds from an excise tax earmarked for the Public…
The American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado announced today that it has reached a settlement with a Jefferson County charter school that allegedly refused to renew a teacher’s contract after she complained about a lack of breastfeeding accommodations. The ACLU and the woman at the center of this case say…
Governor John Hickenlooper and U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan joined a crowd of hyper elementary students this afternoon for the best part of the school day — lunch and recess. And for the two high-profile politicians, that meant cafeteria food, basketball and incredibly awkward group dancing. The event at…
Update below: The time has come to question whether many liberal arts degrees are really worth it. So says Representative Mike Coffman in a recent newsletter, in which he also admits to regretting his own political science major and notes that he probably would’ve been better off primarily studying business…
