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Denver school board discusses revisions to proposed school closure policy
Sign up for Chalkbeat Colorado’s free daily newsletter to get the latest reporting from us, plus curated news from other Colorado outlets, delivered to your inbox.Concerns about how future school closures would impact communities of color and questions about how to repurpose empty school buildings prompted Denver school board members to suggest revisions to a proposed school closure policy Monday.The board is expected to vote on the policy later this month.The proposal, known officially as Executive Limitation 18, is meant to address declining enrollment in Denver Public Schools. Enrollment in DPS has been falling since 2019, and despite a recent...
After an injury, DU student uses social media to inspire others facing similar challenges
DENVER — A freshman at the University of Denver is more than just a student — he's an inspiration to hundreds of thousands of people around the world. After being partially paralyzed following an injury more than three years ago, Mason Branstrator, a Minnesota native, started posting videos about his experience learning how to adapt to life as a wheelchair user.
Decisions for DU students sanctioned for encampment
At the University of Denver faculty senate committee’s final meeting of the quarter on Friday, opinions were divided among professors as to whether students who were disciplined during last month’s pro-Palestinian encampments should be pardoned. Several faculty members argued that the around 20 students should not be punished...
Colorado offers high school students many college opportunities — in Aurora, too
DENVER | The routes to two- and four-year colleges didn’t fit Maryssa McCray’s ambitions. McCray, 19, wants to be an officer in the Air Force. But her SAT score wasn’t high enough to enroll in the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs. Life events also got in the way. Her Kia Sportage got stolen. She also experienced the shock of her family needing to put down two of their dogs.
Q&A with Eric Hogue | CCU president on protests, education and putting the phone the down
In the latest episode of Colorado Conversations, Eric Hogue, president of Colorado Christian University, talked about why there have been no pro-Palestinian protests on the CCU campus, how the institution encourages robust debate within the confines of the classroom and the risks of what he called the “decay” and “deconstruction” of the family poses to American society.
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