Education

Will the feds flush East High School’s all-gender restroom?

The bathroom conversion was announced to parents six days before President Donald Trump’s inauguration.

“It’s something that we’re doing in response to what we’re hearing from our community and, most importantly, from our students and what they need and want.”

The university-sponsored facility aims to foster applications for everything from medicine to information science and national defense.

Manny Pargman’s father is demanding change from the university after his son’s death.

“You have a lot more one-on-one opportunities, and you’re not there competing with anybody. Everybody is there for the same thing.”

Five elementary schools, one middle school and one high school would close if the Denver school board accepts Superintendent Alex Marrero’s recommendation.

“Students are carrying so many adult issues on their shoulders. On their social media feeds, they are seeing wars, they are hearing of calamities. And they have fewer real-life, in-person connections.”

No Colorado schools cracked the top 100, but the state fared better than last year.

“I want to make sure everyone is aware that those two weeks are going to be intense for the district, but particularly the board,” said Superintendent Alex Marrero.

“A hatred which intended to erode the students’ spirits instead sparked a fire.”

The new school in Aurora will offer free tuition, daycare and career assistance for students.

DU’s new Affordable Housing Certificate program will put field experts under one roof to learn and workshop ideas.

Auon’tai Anderson and MiDian Holmes attended the Englewood school board meeting on Tuesday night to send a message through silence.

The school board’s sole black member has been in the spotlight several times in recent months, not that he wants it.

“My grandma used to tell me the best revenge is success.”

An upcoming state tax credit will refund tuition costs for qualifying college students. Here’s how to claim it.

The initiative’s low scores for the Englewood School Board have sparked controversy, but the program’s founders aren’t backing down.

“There are some things that are hard to read,” DPS superintendent Alex Marrero said. “It’s something that’s a reality, and it shouldn’t be.”

Teachers at two early child education facilities in Denver are unionizing, but things aren’t going so smoothly for one group.

Community leaders tell Westword that Wyatt’s board did not accurately represent its large BIPOC student population, which was evident in its closure push.

“We’re trying to ensure that, for trans students and nonbinary students and gender diverse students, school can be a safe place.”