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The City of Aurora has seen remarkable growth in recent years. It is home to the largest health sciences development in the Rocky Mountain region and to the fastest growing military base in the U.S. It has a thriving small business community and attracts a deeply diverse population of residents with a rich history of…
La Ciudad de Aurora ha visto un notable crecimiento en los últimos años. Es hogar del mayor desarrollo de ciencias de la salud de la región de las Montañas Rocosas y la base militar de más rápido crecimiento en los EE.UU. Posee una próspera comunidad de pequeñas empresas y atrae a una población profundamente diversa…
Candidate surveys for Denver Public Schools 2015 District 5 school board candidates Lisa Flores and Michael Kiley en Español.
Candidate surveys for Denver Public Schools 2015 District 1 school board candidates Kristi Butkovich and Anne Rowe.
Candidate surveys for Denver Public Schools 2015 District 5 school board candidates Lisa Flores and Michael Kiley.
Candidate surveys for Denver Public Schools 2015 At-large school board candidates Happy Haynes and Robert Speth.
How has racial segregation in Denver public schools changed over time?
The importance of identifying best turnaround practices, and the policies that support them, is critical, both in Denver, and across the country. In Denver, 20% of students are enrolled in orange and red schools: schools where, on average, nearly 90% of the students are low-income and students of color, and where proficiency levels are, on…
DPS Superintendent Boasberg asked A+ Denver in November 2014 to facilitate a series of roundtable discussions with DPS senior staff and outside experts to provide feedback on DPS’ approach to having great principals in every building. A+ Denver, joined by the Donnell-Kay Foundation, hosted a series of five meetings to discuss how to improve and…
Denver Teacher Compensation Brief ProComp: A History ProComp, Denver’s teacher compensation system, was collaboratively designed by DPS and DCTA. It was developed to incentivize and reward teachers who set and reach high learning expectations for students, creating a differentiated compensation structure that moved beyond teacher tenure and level of education by providing a pay-for-performance incentive system.…