Education

Katy Anthes is known as a consensus builder and a steady hand. As Anthes begins her tenure as Colorado education commissioner, those traits will be put to the test. There are no shortage of divides over education policy, and the state has plenty on the agenda. Anthes was serving as…

“Dear Trump. I feel sad because you are saying you want to send the Mexicans back. I am Mexican. Plz don’t send my family back. I am really mad. Plz think before you say. I was really scared about what you said on the TV.” So reads a letter to…

The Equal Employment Opportunities Commission is suing the University of Denver for allegedly paying not just one or some of its female full law professors less than the mean average salary of male full profs at the law school, but all of them. And two major factors bolster the federal…

Colorado’s K-12 teachers are paid less on average than their counterparts across the county, but money alone won’t fix the state’s teacher shortage.

In the shadow of the State Capitol, at the intersection of Sherman Street and Colfax Avenue, sits a handsome limestone edifice with brass doors and tall Corinthian columns, home to the Colorado Department of Education. Inside the heavy doors, a hushed great hall beckons. A peaceful place, its cool marble…

U.S. News & World Report is out with its annual rankings of national universities. And while six Colorado colleges made the cut, they didn’t exactly challenge Princeton, Harvard and the University of Chicago (the three highest finishers) for academic supremacy. Of 310 universities analyzed by the publication, Colorado’s top school landed in…

An outside consultant brought in to evaluate the distance learning program at Adams State University has recommended that the program in its current form be abolished, citing a range of problems — from poor supervision and a staggering rate of incomplete grades to professors collecting substantial extra pay  for teaching…

Despite protests by parents, students, nutrition advocates and dentists, the Colorado State Board of Education today finalized its plan to put diet sodas back into public school vending machines. At its regular meeting the board approved a proposal to bring the state’s school nutrition rules in line with federal rules,…

Say you’re a male college student accused at the university level of having non-consensual sex with a fellow student. If, according to attorney Andrew Miltenberg, the alleged victim had sent a text immediately before the incident that read, “I want to fuck you on the refrigerator,” the message almost certainly…

A national organization of higher-ed faculty is pressing Colorado lawmakers to investigate hiring and salary practices in the state’s community college system, claiming that the system is teeming with cash — and highly compensated administrators — while the bulk of the courses are taught by part-time professors who are paid…

A lawsuit has been filed against the University of Colorado Boulder by a male student who was expelled after being accused of sexually assaulting two fellow students — claims he says are false. According to the complaint, the student, referred to as John Doe, “was subjected to a biased and…

All of us work and learn better when we’re in a comfortable environment. Which makes the situation at far too many Denver schools that much more problematic. As reported by Chalkbeat Colorado’s Melanie Asmar (a former Westword staff writer), Denver Public Schools has a “comfort goal” of 79 degrees for schools…

The story of Grace Davis, a Ponderosa High School student who’s been locked in battle with the Douglas County Board of Education for months, is an educational variant of a David-and-Goliath tale. And while the board technically won the latest round, Davis has landed some mighty blows — and she’s…