Last Resort
- Gretel Daugherty, Special to The Colorado Sun
About the Project
The Work
The Learning Zone is a small school in Littleton that teaches nonverbal students to use devices thatallow them to communicate by pushing buttons that convey words or phrases. But to...
Colorado is doubling the funding next year for schools that enroll students whose mental health ormedical needs are too intense for regular schools to handle, calling for 12 new schools...
Riley George, a 12-year-old with autism and disruptive mood dysregulation disorder, has had to cross a mountain range to get an education. That’s because all but one of the state’s...
For Erin Schneiderman, the summer between her son’s third and fourth grade year was “one of the worst periods of our lives for sure.” Denver Public Schools had decided that...
Last Resort
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