Melanie Asmar

Melanie Asmar

Bureau Chief, Chalkbeat Colorado

Melanie Asmar covers Denver Public Schools. Write her at masmar@chalkbeat.org.

A student is chronically absent if they miss 10% or more of their school days. The new data is bad news for the state’s goal to cut chronic absenteeism in half.

Four of the seven board seats are up for grabs in the Nov. 4 election.

Some subgroups, most notably English learners, have extremely low proficiency rates on state tests.

Denver Public Schools has been under investigation since January for converting a girls’ restroom at East High to an all-gender restroom. The district says the latest conversion is meant to 'help address the notion of any unfairness.'

Creado por una ley estatal de 2023, el programa combina clases universitarias con formación en el puesto de trabajo.

Four of the seven Denver school board seats are up for election Nov. 4.

The new program, which was created by a 2023 state law, combines college classes with on-the-job training.