“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...

Swastika burned into asphalt near Denver elementary school playground

The Denver Post (Education) 4/9 1:42P Kieran Nicholson

Someone used gasoline to burn a swastika into asphalt near a Denver elementary school playground overnight Monday, and authorities are investigating the incident. Google Earth Ellis Elementary School...

Cherry Creek students walk out of class to raise awareness about suicide, bullying

The Denver Post (Education) 4/5 6:49A Jessica Seaman

Students at Cherry Creek High School walked out of their classrooms Friday to raise awareness about teen mental health and bullying. Padilla family via GoFundMe Jack Padilla The walkout, which was...

Bullying allegations were not reported to Cherry Creek High until after student’s suicide, district...

The Denver Post (Education) 4/3 11:34A Jessica Seaman

Padilla family via GoFundMe Jack Padilla Cherry Creek High School did not receive student reports of “alleged inappropriate behavior or bullying” until after a freshman s suicide in February, the...

Cherry Creek High student who died by suicide was threatened, encouraged to kill himself by...

The Denver Post (Education) 4/2 2:38P Jessica Seaman

A Cherry Creek High School freshman who died by suicide in February was bullied on social media and at school by teenagers who encouraged him to kill himself and threatened to bring a gun to campus to...

Want a full-ride scholarship to CU Boulder? Try being a golf caddie.

The Denver Post (Education) 3/15 8:44A Elizabeth Hernandez

Thirteen Colorado high school seniors have earned full-ride scholarships to the University of Colorado Boulder through their golf-caddying pursuits. The Western Golf Association s Chick Evans Scholarship the nation s largest privately funded ...

Lawsuit alleging Colorado libraries pushed porn is dismissed

The Denver Post (Education) 3/8 12:46P Meg Wingerter

A lawsuit alleging Colorado libraries gave kids easy access to pornography is over less than six months after it started. Pornography is Not Education, a group of Cherry Creek School District parents, sued EBSCO Information Services and the...

Prairie Middle School, Overland High School in Aurora placed on lockdown over Snapchat gun threat

The Denver Post (Education) 3/6 8:28A Saja Hindi

Two Aurora schools were on lockdown Wednesday afternoon because of a potential Snapchat threat involving a gun, according to police. Cherry Creek Schools tweeted that Prairie Middle School and Overland High School are on lockdown because of a...