Nov 18, 2024

Parents and students plead with Denver school board to spare their schools from closure

Chalkbeat
Using terms like “illogical,” “unethical,” and “half-baked,” frustrated parents and students made their final cases Monday to Denver school board members who will vote later this week on whether to close 10 schools with low enrollment.

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Sep 29, 2026

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Parents are beginning to grasp the reality of grade inflation, new data shows

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Sep 28, 2026

Trump, bucking Congress yet again, cancels $100 million for education

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The Trump administration is using a mechanism widely viewed as illegal to cancel nearly $100 million Congress appropriated for expanding college-level foreign-language instruction and helping transient U.S. agricultural workers get GEDs and go to college.