Tag: Colorado
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Denver planned to stop separating students with emotional disabilities. Now, the district has changed course.
This article was published on Chalkbeat Colorado by Melanie Asmar on August 18, 2021. Denver Public Schools had planned to abolish its system of separate classrooms for students with emotional disabilities, describing them recently as “one of our most glaring examples of institutionalized racism.” Black male students are four and a half times as likely…
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District 20 unveils $25M elementary school offering STEM lab, dyslexia services
This article was published on The Gazette by O’Dell Isaac on August 12, 2021. Academy School District 20 on Thursday unveiled a new, $25 million elementary school, complete with a state-of-the-art STEM lab and a one-of-a-kind program for students with dyslexia. Encompass Heights Elementary School — a sprawling, two-story structure sitting on an 11-acre campus — is…
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Colorado’s dyslexia screening pilot program off to a shaky start
This article was published on Chalkbeat Colorado by Ann Schimke on May 3, 2021. The statewide dyslexia screening pilot program authorized by a 2019 Colorado law will launch this summer with three schools — short of the five schools state officials originally envisioned. The schools are Ignacio Elementary in southwestern Colorado, Singing Hills Elementary in…
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ACLU Files Lawsuit Against Douglas County School District, Sheriff After 11-Year-Old With Autism Handcuffed
This article was published on CBS Denver by Jennifer McRae on March 9, 2021. DOUGLAS COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4)– The ACLU of Colorado filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against the Douglas County School District, Douglas County Sheriff and several School Resource Officers after they handcuffed an 11-year-old Hispanic child with autism. The child was reportedly left…