Denver Public Schools (DPS) announced a new program against the discrimination of Latino students called Latinx Student Success, seeking to improve the academic achievements of a community that makes up more than half of the city's student population.
The program comes three months after the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights opened an investigation over allegations that Denver Public Schools discriminated against students and others based on their race when it formed a committee to review the district's discipline policies and when administrators decide which pupils can participate in math extension courses.
