Struggling Colorado schools will receive about $43 million in federal turnaround grants over three years.
Nineteen schools in six districts — Denver, Pueblo City, Mesa County District 51, Sheridan, Adams 14 and Center Consolidated School District 26JT — will receive the money, according to the Colorado Department of Education.
The grants are part of the Obama administration’s [...]

The Butterfly Pavilion’s famed tarantula Rosie has some competition.
Venture into the world of the tarantula at the Butterfly Pavilion during the world premiere of their new exhibit, Legend of Tarantula, starting Labor Day weekend.
Discover how these versatile arachnids go far beyond the dangerous, scary image given to them by Hollywood, and learn the true value [...]

Condoms, birth-control pills and emergency contraception are available to any Bruce Randolph School student whose parent has signed them up for services at the school-based clinic operated by Denver Health.
The northeast Denver school for sixth- through 12th-graders is the first in the city to provide students with contraceptives, although a task force in 2007 recommended [...]

During road trips, nothing beats a museum for prompting a child’s eyes to glaze over. History? To kids, that means last year. But a handful of Colorado museums will pique the interest of otherwise jaded youth. Here are some of them:
Giant Steam Shovel
Colorado 119 at Colorado 72, outside the Nederland Mining Museum, Nederland
Dig in.
This behemoth, [...]

Every month, Mile High Mamas features a Q & A from The Children’s Hospital on a different health topic. This month’s topic is all about choosing the laundry detergent that is best for your child’s skin. Read up on clean clothes and clear skin.
Kids come in contact with laundry detergent on a regular basis – [...]

Denver’s kids just got healthier!
The Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children (RMHC), HealthONE’s “pediatric hospital within a hospital,” will mark the grand opening of a campus expansion at Presbyterian/St. Luke’s Medical Center Aug. 19-22 and will begin treating patients Aug. 31. Grand Opening activities include:
Kaleidoscope Ball: Through the Eyes of a Child
What: The Kaleidoscope Ball is [...]

Denver Botanic Gardens is now the home of a $4 million garden designed for children.
Janet Mordecai, through the Daniel and Janet Mordecai Foundation, donated the funds for a 3-acre exploring garden, and before construction began, she went on a nationwide tour of children’s gardens.
“She would say, ‘The kids like this, but not this,’ and then [...]