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No DEI in This Year's NEH: Trump Is Funding Religious Projects Instead
1+ hour, 52+ min ago (426+ words) Diplomatic Scandal in Denver" Has Mexico Investigating Consulate for Bribery, Sexual Assault and More Last spring, the National Endowment for the Humanities and the National Endowment for the Arts rescinded grants across the United States. The pivot under new Trump…...
Denver Schools Mulls ICE Policy, Sets Public Comment Dates
3+ day, 9+ hour ago (458+ words) Time to Bring Out Your Best: Just 16 More Days to Vote in Our Readers" Choice Poll The Denver Public Schools board is treading carefully as it considers expanding protections for immigrant students. A policy proposed at the board"s February…...
Aurora School Board Approves Union for Support Staffers
5+ day, 4+ hour ago (525+ words) Listen Up: Denver Botanic Gardens Announces 14-Show Lineup for 2026 Summer Concert Series! Bus drivers, special education and pre-school teachers, cafeteria employees and other education support professionals known as classified employees now have the greenlight to unionize at Aurora Public Schools…...
After Years on Colorado's Watchlist, Lincoln High School Makes the Grade
4+ week, 14+ hour ago (925+ words) Listen Up: Denver Botanic Gardens Announces 14-Show Lineup for 2026 Summer Concert Series! Abraham Lincoln High School needed to track down thirteen graduates. "It has always been a struggle for our school to (be) a place where the community is proud…...
Jordan Kraft Lambert, Jennifer Martin, Kim Stackhouse-Lawson and Sara Place
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (75+ words) Jordan Kraft Lambert, Jennifer Martin, Kim Stackhouse-Lawson and Sara Place'Westword Jordan Kraft Lambert, Jennifer Martin, Kim Stackhouse-Lawson and Sara Place Jordan Kraft Lambert is director of Ag Innovation and Partnerships at the College of Business, Colorado State University; Jennifer Martin…...
Denver Schools Block Student ChatGPT Access Over Concerns About Group Chats, Adult Content
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (432+ words) Time to Bring Out Your Best: Just 16 More Days to Vote in Our Readers" Choice Poll Denver Public Schools announced that starting this week, it is blocking students" access to ChatGPT on school-issued devices and the district"s Wi-Fi network…...
Mile High Animation Receives $10,000 Grant to Fund Free Animation Courses for All Ages
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (610+ words) Let There Be Lights: Dozens of Free Things to Do in Denver This Week Mile High Animation and marilee.co The Denver Creates fund has awarded a local animation studio a $10,000 grant to offer free animation courses to kids and…...
Join Our Team: Westword Is Hiring an Audience Strategist
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (255+ words) Let There Be Lights: Dozens of Free Things to Do in Denver This Week Voice Media Group is expanding its audience development team. We're looking for a collaborative audience strategist to help grow and engage our readership across multiple platforms....
Former Middle School Dean Who Objected to Book Removals Sues Elizabeth School District
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (679+ words) Let There Be Lights: Dozens of Free Things to Do in Denver This Week A former middle school administrator in the Elizabeth School District filed a lawsuit Sunday against the rural Colorado district, alleging that she was fired after she…...
How the University of Colorado Dug Into Its History to Celebrate Unsung Black Graduates
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (628+ words) Let There Be Lights: A Dozen Free Things to Do in Denver This Weekend Class portraits line the hallways of the University of Colorado Law School, the faces of former students gazing down at the building's current inhabitants. In a…...