The parents of two 12-year-old students in the Denver Public School district are suing a language arts teacher, accusing her of baking and distributing marijuana-laced brownies to the two children.

Students are gaining hands-on experience and skills to benefit them beyond graduation as part of a statewide initiative and pilot program: the FutureForward Career and Technical Education Boot Camp.

The policy is meant to help balance student enrollment among schools at a time when the district is predicting steep declines ...