Grant Beacon News Today

A judge has dismissed a lawsuit against Denver Public Schools that sought to restore the Beacon Network Schools innovation zone. The school board had voted to dissolve the zone.

Beacon Network Schools hoped the State Board of Education would help restore its innovation zone status. Denver doesn’t have to follow any recommendations.

Officials with the Beacon Network say students at Grant Beacon and Kepner Beacon middle schools will be harmed if Denver Public Schools assumes control of the schools.

Monday’s Denver school board meeting offered an almost perfect microcosm of the board’s operational ineptitude over the past 16 months: struggling to get out of its own way, and then

We’ve opened a tab at the Tipsy Cow and Burp Bar down the block from the Denver School Board to keep a closer eye on the missteps, shadiness and petulant power plays that continue to take precedence over the safety of students. When last we visited, the spat between board Vice President Auon’tai “T

Kepner and Grant Beacon middle schools will return to Denver district control after the Denver school board voted to dissolve the Beacon Network innovation zone.

A few years ago, Denver Public Schools adopted an innovative model, which allows schools to design their own ‘playbook’ with input from teachers, parents and the community.

Teachers are seeing more stress and short tempers among students as they readjust to being in school buildings again with one another.