KIPP Northeast Denver Middle School and KIPP Northeast Elementary were selected as 9News Cool Schools! The KIPP Walden campus schools were recognized for their multilingual learner program, the school garden, and the student-run news program. The two schools at the campus are a mix of students with diverse backgrounds and 29 different languages spoken.
Watch the full feature from photojournalist Byron Reed at 9NEWS.
If you are a Denver Public Schools (DPS) parent, educator or community member, you have probably heard the conversations already—at school pickup, in group chats or maybe around your kitchen table. What should schools do about cell phones? And who gets to decide? By July 1, 2026, House Bill 25-1135 requires every Colorado school district to adopt a formal policy that limits the use of smartphones and smartwatches by students during the school day. The goal of the legislation is
