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Schools arming to prevent heart attacks

Denver will soon place heart defibrillators in every school in the district. But should schools be doing more to safeguard young hearts?

Some states leave low-income kids behind

A ProPublica analysis shows, in some states, high-poverty schools are less likely to have students enrolled in higher-level classes. Link to interactive database

Monday Churn: New head for A+ Denver

Van Schoales, most recently executive director of Education Reform Now, will be the new head of A+ Denver. Plus NEA news

DPS board approves 9 new schools

Denver school board members approved 9 new schools, including changes at West High and an all-boys school, plus six innovation schools and more

The Churn: New CDE exec named

Updated – Durango Superintendent Keith Owen has been named associate commissioner of the Colorado Department of Education. Plus more news

Survivors bask in BEST success

Three dozen school repair and construction projects survived the always-grueling selection process for state Building Excellent Schools Today grants

DPS’ West High next up for makeover

Big changes at Denver’s venerable West High School are among several new school proposals facing the Denver school board Thursday

Pro-voucher group joins Dougco fight

A national pro-voucher group filed legal documents Tuesday to defend the Dougco voucher pilot on behalf of four families participating in the plan

Dougco board approves ‘voucher charter’

Douglas County school board members on Monday approved the state’s first charter serving up to 500 voucher students this fall