African Leadership Group helps immigrants build the confidence to succeed
Popular public speaking class instills confidence in people communicating in a new language.
DPS alum Tashan Montgomery is Ednium Homegrown Award winner
A group of Denver Public Schools alumni was disappointed that -- time and again -- when they asked DPS grads how many people from their community had gone on to success. Few, if any, hands would go up.
Effort aims to correct the record on experience of Black firefighter in 1930s
What Sidney Frelow wanted most was to continue to work in the fire service.
Denver oldest serving fire station home to first Black firefighters
Serving the community meant clearing racial hurdles. And sometimes entailed paying the highest price in the line of duty.
Migrant arrivals slow, Denver prepares to discharge families from shelters
Denver looks to El Paso, Texas, 9 hours south by bus, where crossings are down sharply - and prepares to move 4000 from shelters.
Colorado Black Caucus shares vision for racial equity study
The study seeks to identify solutions for persistent disparities by race on everything from homeownership, to education and health care.
MLK Business Awards honoree champions voting, Black cowboy culture
The Trailblazer Award winner at the Martin Luther King Jr. Business Awards has worked for decades to promote civil rights and appreciation for the integral role of Blacks in the prosperity of the West.
Denver philanthropy leader is family's third generation to receive MLK award
LaDawn Sullivan has been recognized for 27 years of work in philanthropy including vision to create BRIC, the first Black community fund in Colorado.
Free clinic at school gives Denver migrant students a shot, or up to 8 if needed
"McMeen in the Middle" is following a Denver Public School as it responds to a surge in the enrollment of students who are new to the US.
Welcoming & overwhelmed, Denver school stretched to meet migrant students' needs
"McMeen in the Middle" follows the disruption at a Denver school brought on by the arrival of scores of students who've endured traumatic journeys to the US.
Denver Public School scrambles to educate surge of migrant students
"McMeen in the Middle: Denver's Migrant Crisis" follows how a southeast Denver elementary school is coping with the arrival of scores of kids who've endured traumatic journeys to its classrooms.
DPS: "Unprecedented" surge in enrollment of migrant students
Nearly 1,000 students have arrived since the October count day, so many affected schools are significantly underfunded and seeing class sizes grow to unsustainable levels.
Elizabeth Schools administrators let go, facing charges of failure to report child abuse
The teacher at the center of the allegations of "inappropriate physical contact" has not been charged yet.
Jeffco Schools partnership with Children's Hospital: keep student athletes in the game
Athletic trainers from Children's Hospital evaluate injuries, and then decide if any further medical care is needed.
New leadership takes helm at Denver Public Schools Board of Education
The new Denver Public School Board will have a different relationship with Superintendent Alex Marrero.