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DU's revolutionary prison arts program canceled by Colorado Corrections
The Prison Arts Initiative, a revolutionary arts and humanities collaboration between the University of Denver and the Colorado Department of Corrections that sparkled from national media acclaim and glowing reviews, has gone dark. The programs were not renewed under a multiyear contract, and no one involved apparently is willing to...
New discipline guidelines to be rolled out by Denver Public Schools this fall
This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. Denver Public Schools will soon debut a new discipline matrix — a flowchart of sorts that gives school staff guidance on when students can be suspended or expelled for behavior ranging from bringing a gun to school to bullying.
Two Aurora schools get more turnaround-time to show academic improvements
DENVER | The Colorado State Board of Education voted last week to allow two Aurora schools, North Middle School and Aurora Central High School, to continue their own improvement plans for another two years. It’s a change for Aurora Central in particular, which before the start of the pandemic was...
Nearly 1,100 undergrads earn diplomas at University of Denver commencement ceremony Saturday
Nearly 1,100 undergraduates celebrated their successful efforts Saturday morning as the University of Denver held its summer commencement program. The undergraduate commencement for those receiving their bachelor degrees — one of the three summer commencements held by the school this week at the Magness Arena inside of the Ritchie Center — completed the 160th academic year of the Denver-based private institution. At the two other commencements, around 1,300 graduate students...
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