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Innovation schools showing mixed results in DPS

Originally Posted by Chalkbeat Colorado on January 13, 2014. Copyright © co.chalkbeat.org. Written by Nicholas Garcia. Read here. Denver innovation schools aren’t outperforming similar campuses tied to district bureaucracy, according to a report released today. Students at Denver Public Schools that operate under “innovation” agreements showed higher level of academic growth, the most highly scrutinized measures…

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Press Release: Innovation Schools in DPS

News Release  Monday, January 13, 2014 Media Contact Van Schoales, CEO, A+ Denver (303) 725-1151 van@aplusdenver.org Year Three Innovation Schools Study shows small differences in school culture, student achievement and workforce capacity between Innovation schools and comparison group  A+ Denver, Colorado Education Association, Denver Classroom Teachers Association, and Denver Public Schools released part three of an evaluation…

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Missteps, red tape and lax oversight plagued Manual High School’s turnaround: Denver district contributed to school’s struggle after hiring, autonomy slipups

Originally Posted by Chalkbeat Colorado on January 9, 2014. Copyright © co.chalkbeat.org. Written by Kate Schimel and Nicholas Garcia. Read here.   When Manual High School re-opened in August 2007 after a year of empty hallways, news reports described its transformation as a test of Denver’s aggressive slate of education reforms. The now-defunct Rocky Mountain News…

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As struggling school tries to improve, conflicting views on best path forward: At Manual High School, multiple academic models have met with varied success and left teachers confused.

Originally Posted by Chalkbeat Colorado on January 8, 2014. Copyright © co.chalkbeat.org. Written by Nicholas Garcia and Kate Schimel. Read here.   Teacher Ben Butler was optimistic when Brian Dale became principal at Manual High School in 2011. The school had been without a leader for a year, ever since the principal who spearheaded its turnaround,…

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After ambitious overhauls, Denver high school sees much change, little progress: Manual High School, once closed for low performance, struggles to find academic footing after a brief renaissance

Originally Posted by Chalkbeat Colorado on January 7, 2014. Copyright © co.chalkbeat.org. Written by Kate Schimel and Nicholas Garcia. Read here.   The teachers had turned the classroom into an instructional war room. The walls were covered with bar graphs, hand-drawn in magic marker. Yearbook photos appended each graph, showing the faces of the students whose…

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