Based on spring reading assessments, an unknown number of students will need to attend a summer learning camp in June, receive tutoring throughout their fourth grade or repeat third grade.

The city will launch lessons about Black and Asian Americans across more schools next year, but some students say there should be more.

The correlation is simple: Students who like and understand the material will be motivated to read more. A new report shows educators exactly which books are most popular by grade range.

"The ESSER money is a lot, but it's not as much as everybody thinks," says Bernard McCune, Denver Public School's associate chief of academics. "Everyone thinks that schools are just flush with money and they throw everything at schools without intentionality. What we've done is use ESSER as an opportunity to innovate."