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Denver teachers, stoked to see their students, know COVID’s legacy is still with them

By Central Park EdNews | August 22, 2022

“Our nervous system was always in fight or flight mode … is this year gonna be different?” Alexis Lopez (left) and Ellen Petrila prepare for the first day of school in her classroom at Lowry Elementary. Aug. 18, 2022.  Kevin […]

These Denver schools still don’t have air conditioning; work on McAuliffe International, Ashley Elementary near completion

By Chalkbeat | August 21, 2022

Melanie Asmar, Chalkbeat Colorado Aug 24, 8:00am EDT School started in Denver on Monday, and with temperatures climbing into the high 80s this week, 48 campuses still don’t have air conditioning. That’s fewer than the 55 campuses that didn’t have […]

Charter school centering Black students wins appeal to open in Denver

By Chalkbeat | August 19, 2022

Melanie Asmar, Chalkbeat Colorado Aug 18, 1:10pm EDT Two months after the Denver school board turned down a charter school focused on Black students, the school won an appeal before the State Board of Education. The 5280 Freedom School was […]

In Chicago and other urban districts, a new embrace of career and technical programs

By Chalkbeat | August 19, 2022

Mila Koumpilova, Chalkbeat Chicago Aug 19, 8:00am EDT When Chef Samantha Jones arrived at Juarez High School in Chicago six years ago, she discovered a shell of a culinary program. Jones set about to change that: She created a curriculum, […]

Denver bilingual programs face a threat: not enough students

By Chalkbeat | July 11, 2022

Melanie Asmar, Chalkbeat Colorado Jul 12, 7:58am EDT Leer en español. On the first day of summer school in Denver, six incoming first graders took a spelling test. Using long pencils with unsmudged erasers, they spelled noche, jugo, pequeño, and […]

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