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Dear A+ Members and Friends, We are writing to make you aware of legislation that could save Denver Public Schools over $20 million per year. This funding would greatly benefit both district run and charter schools. House Bill 15-1391 would lower Denver Public School’s employer contribution rate into the state pension system by matching…
The following report documents several months of communication between the SPF Coalition and Denver Public Schools regarding the DPS School Performance Framework (SPF).
Dear Members and Friends, Welcome back from spring break! Hope you ate, drank, slept in, and caught up on YouTube cat videos. DPS News New Structures Things in Denver Public Schools have been shifting in recent weeks. At the home office, a big reorg is taking place, with lots of shifting jobs and reporting structures.…
April 6, 2015 An Open Letter to the Colorado General Assembly and Governor John Hickenlooper. As parents, community leaders, educators, and civic and business leaders, we are writing to show our support for reducing the amount of testing in K-12 schools while maintaining our state’s nationally recognized accountability system. SB-223 undermines the core of why…
Over sixty people joined the conversation about SchoolChoice in Denver at a panel we hosted on January 22nd. Our panelists included Betheny Gross, Research Director at the Center on Reinventing Public Education and the lead author on the latest report on SchoolChoice released by A+ Denver; Brian Eschbacher, Director of Planning and Enrollment at DPS;…
Stepping out: The A+ Denver 2014 Game Changers A+ is pleased to announce the Game Changers of 2014, three people we think deserve recognition for their exceptional work in changing the landscape of Denver’s public schools. A+ Denver would like to recognize: Anne Jacobs, Principal at DCIS at Fairmont: The success rate for turnaround schools,…
Denver’s SchoolChoice System shows consistent improvement in participation and outcomes, but critical obstacles remain for some families A+ Denver and University of Washington’s Center on Reinventing Public Education (CRPE) release third-year findings of Denver’s unique school choice system Denver’s pioneering school choice system is working remarkably well for families, but gaps remain in the availability…
Denver Public Schools’ (DPS) universal enrollment system provides families with access to all of the city’s public schools—both district-run and charter—through a single online or paper application. While students and their parents do not have to participate in the new process, many families in Denver—over a quarter—are using SchoolChoice to pick their children’s schools. But…
Happy Festivus! Dear Members and Friends: This is the holiday issue, which means that we hope you are reading this from your living room–hot cup of cider in hand–or while you’re killing time waiting in line at the mall. Who has been a Game Changer for Denver’s Kids in 2014? As we reflect on…
Dear Members and Friends: Whether you are having Mama Stamberg’s Cranberry Relish or canned jellied cranberry sauce (or both, as a few of us will) on Thanksgiving, A+ Denver wishes all of our friends, supporters and readers a restive Turkey Day filled with lots of rich calories and conversation. We figured if you needed a…