Colorado schools evaluating how to teach about sexual consent as required by new state law

The Denver Post (Education) 7/16 2:00A Meg Wingerter

Over the next year, school districts serving hundreds of thousands of Denver-area students will take a look at whether their sex education classes are doing enough to teach about consent. Earlier this year, Gov. Jared Polis signed House Bill 1032...

When does school start in Denver? Sooner than you may think.

The Denver Post (Education) 7/11 7:36A Meg Wingerter

Most Denver-area students are headed into their last five weeks of summer vacation, and in some districts, kids will head back to school even sooner. Districts vary quite a bit on their start dates, and some have students in transition grades...

Colorado’s full-day kindergarten bill helps most Denver-area districts, but challenges the richest...

The Denver Post (Education) 6/29 2:00A Meg Wingerter

One of the Denver area s richest school districts and one of its poorest will both take a financial hit as Colorado implements full-day kindergarten funding but both say they can manage it. This year,...

Amid complex web of Denver-area school security, Douglas County has fewest police officers by...

The Denver Post (Education) 6/2 2:00A Elise Schmelzer, Meg Wingerter

The Douglas County School District — which includes STEM School Highlands Ranch, site of last month s deadly shooting — has fewer police officers on its middle school and high school campuses as...

Cherry Creek school bus driver charged with internet luring of a child in alleged sex solicitation

The Denver Post (Education) 5/29 7:20A Kirk Mitchell

Aurora Police Department Christopher Lloyd Doughty A 34-year-old bus driver has been charged with internet luring of a child and internet exploitation of a child after he allegedly propositioned an...

“My children are not OK”: What’s it like for students and parents when school feels unsafe?

The Denver Post (Education) 5/9 2:00A Elizabeth Hernandez

Crouched in a dark classroom during a lockdown sparked by a fatal school shooting down the street, AnneMarie Anderson s fifth-grade son on Tuesday wrote out in child-like penmanship what he thought would be his last message to his parents. I love...

These are Colorado’s top 20 high schools, according to U.S. News & World Report

The Denver Post (Education) 5/7 6:15A Meg Wingerter

Schools in Denver and surrounding metro-area communities took 12 spots in the top 20 in a ranking of high school quality in Colorado. Related Articles Far from glitzy tech hubs, Chinese city bets big on virtual reality Colorado Democrats deliver...

Cherry Creek school board president resigns after using “racist term”

The Denver Post (Education) 5/3 12:00P Kieran Nicholson

The president of the Cherry Creek School District’s board of education resigned Friday after using what he described as a racist term this week on stage at a teacher awards banquet. CCSD David Willman...

President of Cherry Creek school board apologizes for using “racist term” at teachers banquet

The Denver Post (Education) 5/1 1:36P Kieran Nicholson

The president of the Cherry Creek School District s board of education issued an apology Wednesday for a racist term he used on stage at a teacher awards banquet. CCSD David Willman David Willman, who...

Jeffco schools see slight uptick in absences as some parents keep kids home until Columbine...

The Denver Post (Education) 4/18 12:03P Meg Wingerter

Most students came back to class the day after a manhunt closed schools across the Front Range , but a few parents are opting to keep their children home until the 20th anniversary of the Columbine shooting passes. Hundreds of schools closed...

Colorado schools need to prepare for new type of threat, Jeffco superintendent says

The Denver Post (Education) 4/18 2:00A Meg Wingerter

The decision to close hundreds of schools in Colorado and keep at least 400,000 students home was unprecedented but so was the threat posed by an armed Florida woman who was obsessed with the...

Since Columbine, Colorado schools see increase in lockdowns as students report more possible...

The Denver Post (Education) 4/16 2:00A Meg Wingerter, David Migoya

March 7, 2018, started as an ordinary day in Fruita, but it rapidly took a harrowing turn when parents received a call that their children’s schools were in lockdown . In the post-Columbine world ,...

Teens are more open about talking about mental health and suicide. But they say adults are slow to...

The Denver Post (Education) 4/14 2:00A Jessica Seaman

On a warm spring day, four teenagers settled themselves around a table on an outdoor patio. The evening sun was growing dimmer, making the lights hanging from the umbrella above them twinkle. More...