Central Park United Neighbors and the Foundation for Sustainable Urban Communities is hosting a forum Sept. 19 for the four candidates running for an open at-large seat on the Denver school board. The event will be from 6-8 p.m. at […]
The Foundation for Sustainable Urban Communities and Central Park United Neighbors (CPUN) polled area schools on where they need the most help. Volunteers lead the list. In response, we have developed a site to assist them: Central Park School Volunteers […]
Over the past two months, much has been said and written about former McAuliffe International Principal Kurt Dennis. In the interest of fairness and clarity, CPENews asked Dennis a few questions to clear up some key mischaracterizations put forward by Denver […]
Eight of the 10 public elementary and middle schools that serve Central Park far exceeded average scores by Denver Public Schools and the rest of the state on the Colorado Measures of Academic Success (CMAS) taken this past spring. The […]
Colorado has invested considerable effort in improving reading instruction. Some districts showed notable gains on 2023 CMAS tests, but statewide, young students still aren’t reading at the levels their peers did before the pandemic. Ann Schimke / Chalkbeat […]
This story on the state scores on the PSAT and SAT comes from Chalkbeat, a national nonprofit, online education news organization with bureaus in eight states including Colorado and Central Park Education News. (For the complete Chalkbeat story on state […]
The school year in Denver that ended in June featured disturbing incidents of violence and student deaths. Botched school closures, personality conflicts and other disruptions plagued the Board of Education while student achievement received scant attention. A group of parents […]