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Denver teachers union backs Charmaine Lindsay, Scott Baldermann, Kwame Spearman for school board. A pro-reform group endorsed Marlene De La Rosa, Kimberlee Sia, John Youngquist.

The Denver teachers union endorsed Kwame Spearman for an at-large seat on the school board. The pro-charter group Denver Families Action is backing candidate John Youngquist.

Ballenger announced he is dropping out of the race for an at-large seat on the Denver school board. That leaves three candidates vying for a seat representing the entire city.

Nine candidates are running for three open seats on the Denver school board at a time when gun violence around schools has heightened safety concerns.

The Denver School Board race for three seats is turning into an expensive brawl. The contest is between, on one side, those who want to dump DPS’s neighborhood and comprehensive

Four issue committees opposing Proposition HH, the 10-year property tax relief plan on the November ballot, raised nearly $1.2 million and had spent $307,000 through Aug. 30, according to campaign fin...

A new poll confirms that voters and parents don’t trust the Denver Public Schools board, which doesn’t come as a surprise considering how wildly dysfunctional and ridiculously political their behavior has become. In reporting the findings, Chalkbeat Colorado was careful to point out that poll respo

A new poll finds the Denver school board at-large race is wide open. Voters ranked teacher retention and school safety their top priorities, ahead of academics and other issues.

Kurt Dennis had been outspoken in opposition to Denver discipline and safety practices. The principals union has filed a grievance, and supporters want him back.

John Youngquist, former principal of East High, announced Wednesday that he’s running for an at-large seat on the Denver school board.