Research shows that parental involvement in developing their children’s love of literature is critical to raising lifelong readers. As family schedules are reorganized to begin the school year, now is a great time for kids and parents to be sure they incorporate reading into their daily routines.
Below are some fun and practical ways to [...]

A north-metro-area school district hopes a gleaming — but controversial — new high school with a different approach to teaching will help bring it out of the academic doldrums.
Adams County School District 50 opens the doors to Westminster High School on Aug. 30, drawing students from the now-closed Ranum High and the old Westminster High. [...]

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 [...]

Dear Mama Drama:
I have two sons who are very outgoing, but very unique. Both struggle with making lasting friendships at school and say that others seem to avoid them. They often blast in instead of joining into groups or repeat annoying behavior when they have been asked to stop. My oldest son does gross and [...]

Is it just me, or does anyone else hate buying back-to-school items?  I’ve tried to get a little here and there, taking my 12-page list each time I head out to Target.  We may have to look into donating our plasma (blood, not TV) this month in order to make ends meet in order to [...]

It may come as a shock to anyone who knows me but I really, really like to be alone.
I also like to socialize, as my third grade teacher divulged on my report card when she said I had “verbal diarrhea.”
Though I truly love exploring with my children, the toughest adjustment to motherhood for me [...]

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 [...]