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COMMENTARY: Is it time for School Choice 2.0?

By Dave Santucci | April 10, 2023

(Editor’s note: CPEDNews.org welcomes commentary on relevant education topics. Please let us know if you’d like to contribute to the community discussion.)  Choice is a good thing, right? Yet School Choice in Central Park seems to be one of the […]

Do school-based police officers make high schools safer?

By Chris Broderick /Boardhawk | April 3, 2023

School resource officers return to Denver high schools this week after a nearly three-year absence, reigniting the debate whether police will make schools safer. The Denver Police Department is assigning two armed police officers to East High and one officer […]

As East High parents, we demand the school board resign. More than 1,600 others agree

By boardhawk | April 3, 2023

Editor’s note: This article was written by East High School parents Heather Lamm, Lynne Ly, Dan Foster, and Kirsten Benefiel. In September of last year Heather Lamm and her husband received the following text from their senior at East High:   […]

In the wake of East shooting, McAuliffe Principal Kurt Dennis says he also has a student who must be checked daily for weapons. District refuses to remove him.

By 9 NEWS | April 3, 2023

McAuliffe International Principal Kurt Dennis says the Denver school district has refused to withdraw a male student from his school who had been charged with attempted first degree murder and illegal discharge of a gun earlier this year, according to […]

Inspire Elementary sends 15 students to DPS Science Expo!

By Central Park EdNews | April 3, 2023

Inspire Elementary School held its first STEM Fair on March 21 that featured dozens of intriguing projects. Over a dozen central office personnel, including Superintendent Alex Marrero and Chief of Schools Cesar Cedillo, judged the over 150 student submissions. Projects […]

East High shooting prods Denver school board into woefully belated action

By Alan Gottlieb /Boardhawk | March 24, 2023

Photo: Hart Van Denburg/CPR News Author’s note: I offer these thoughts with the caveat that I am a 66-year-old white man, with many blind spots and a set of life experiences very different from those of people more directly affected by […]

Isabella Bird Looks to the Future with Optimistic Plan

By Brian Weber /CPEdNews | March 20, 2023

At Izzi B, spirits are up. Hopes are enrollment will follow. Over the past five years, the elementary school near the southeastern border of Central Park has lost 110 students. This year Izzi B (aka Isabella Bird Community School) had […]

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