Author: Nicole C. Brambila
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As cops return to Denver schools, Denver police chief says they’re not ‘be all, end all to safety’
Denver Police Chief Ron Thomas: “They’re a complement of safety. I really don’t believe they are the be all, end all to safety.”
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These are Colorado’s top performing schools for 2023
Polaris Elementary School in Denver ranked No. 1 overall
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5 takeaways, other notable trends from Colorado schools’ test results
Test scores for some schools show educators are closing the learning loss gap, but one advocate says, “In reality we haven’t closed the gaps for anybody.”
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CMAS results 2023: Look up your Colorado school or district
Use this webpage to check the performance of a school or district based on the latest statewide assessment results
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Colorado schools’ test scores show uneven landscape, lingering effects of pandemic
Test scores for some schools show educators are closing the learning loss gap, but one advocate says, “In reality we haven’t closed the gaps for anybody.”
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Successful robot-performed liver donor transplant performed at Aurora UCHealth
Surgeons at UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital’s transplant center in Aurora performed what is believed to be the first robotic liver transplant surgery on a living donor in the Rocky Mountain region, officials announced in a news release. “We are never satisfied with where we are,” said Dr. Elizabeth Pomfret, Chief of the Division of…
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Colorado struggles to track and educate kids in trouble with the law. Here’s how one student graduated, despite the odds
“Look at me now.” David Garcia meant those words for the school administrators who had written him off. His message — tinged with defiance, triumph, perhaps even pride — was about defying the odds for a high school dropout who longed for a diploma, but whose life has taken all too predictable detours. In June, he walked the stage…
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Hundreds of Kaiser Permanente employees picket in Colorado to demand higher wages, more staff
AURORA • Matt Glatt-Paulison had always wanted to work in health care, not where he’d see blood, so he settled on the pharmacy and spent two years trying to get on with Kaiser Permanente in Colorado Springs. But a lot has changed since 2014, when he began working as a pharmacy tech for Kaiser. Jobs that…
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DPS Board of Education Director Scott Baldermann wants to apologize, promises to do better
Denver Public Schools Board of Education Director Scott Baldermann regrets the behind-closed-doors March 23 executive session wasn’t held in public. And — unlike his board colleagues — Baldermann thinks the public is owed an apology. “I do apologize,” Baldermann said Thursday. “We made an error. I don’t think that it was ill intended. But it…
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In closed-door meeting, DPS Supt. Alex Marrero warns Michael Hancock will issue exec order to return police to high schools
“It’s beyond our control,” DPS official says in video