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(Editor’s Note: This is part two of an interview with DSST CEO Bill Kurtz where he talks about equity, career/tech ed vs college, what DSST has meant to Central Park, what he’s most proud of and what he may do […]

(Editor’s Note: This is part one of a two-part interview with DSST CEO Bill Kurtz. In part one, Kurtz talks about going from Wall Street to running schools, large and small high schools, how DSST began and evolved and its

(Cover photo: New McAuliffe International School Principal Brian Duwe.)  Brian Duwe, a veteran middle school principal from Aurora, was named principal of McAuliffe International School in March. Duwe (pronounced “Duvay”) will take over July 1. Duwe replaces Kurt Dennis, who founded

(Cover photo: map of possible projects in different parts of the city for a potential DPS bond issue in November. Source: presentation for DPS bond committee.) A long-awaited, full-size performing arts auditorium for the Sandoval campus is on the preliminary

Students from three Central Park schools won 13 out of 25 spots in the qualifying round on Feb. 9 for the Colorado State Spelling Bee on March 9. Denver Green (middle) School Northfield took top honors with 10 winners. Westerly

Central Park schools continues to add students with this year’s enrollment hitting 9,818 students — 11% of the kids in Denver Public Schools. Enrollment in Central Park increased by 2,027 from 2018 to 2023, or an average of 338 more

East took top honors among the city’s 10 comprehensive high schools posting a 2023 graduation rate of 96.1% with Northfield a close second at 94.4%. It was the second year in a row that Northfield and East led the district,

Cover photo: DPS Superintendent Alex Marrero. Denver Public Schools has banned the leader of the Northeast Denver Innovation Zone, that oversees McAuliffe and Swigert International schools, from entering district buildings, working or communicating with school leaders and staffs or to

The Denver Public Schools new mandated later start times for secondary schools is costing McAuliffe International students an hour per day of core curriculum instruction and forcing the school to spend thousands on teacher supervision as parents continue to drop

In the photo left to right: DSST-Montview High School students and Brute Force robotics team members Croix Wheatfall, Simon Crine, Jay Belasco, Asher Olgeirson with the team’s main “man,” Moonwalker. The DSST-Montview High’s robotics team took two of the top