Denver teachers
“No one predicted a pandemic”: Denver to ask teachers to give up some raises secured by strike
Asking teachers, who make an average of $43 an hour or $65,000 annually, to forgo their guaranteed 1.9% cost-of-living pay increases would save $7 million
“I can’t afford to live here”: Colorado teachers plea for wage help, but solutions still prove divisive
Democrats are proposing a state fund for pay increases while Republican lawmakers want to give bonuses to high-performing teachers. But, either way, the path for state funds to reach teacher paychecks remains tricky.
With a 15.7% average pay increase post-strike, more Denver teachers returned to work
The difference between what the district budgeted for teacher pay this year and what it’s spending is about $11 million
Activists want to “flip” the Denver Public Schools board after the teachers’ strike. But the meaning is complicated
For the past decade and a half, a majority of the Denver Public Schools board have agreed with a set of policies that have made the district a nationwide exemplar for a certain brand of education reform
How long will the Denver teachers strike last? Past strikes and present considerations offer clues.
The Denver teachers union and Denver Public Schools are slated to resume talks on Tuesday
