A half-dozen civil rights and community group leaders united Thursday to rally behind pay incentives for teachers in high-poverty Denver schools, aligning with the school district in the most contentious piece of a pay dispute with its teachers union.
A statement from the coalition, delivered as Denver is on the verge of its first teachers strike in 25 years, said shifting more money to teachers’ base salaries — the union’s proposal — would heighten inequalities in a school district already suffering from enormous achievement gaps.
