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Originally Posted by The Denver Post on February 14, 2014. Copyright © denverpost.com. Written by Vincent Carroll. Read here. If someone had predicted a few years ago that Douglas County would emerge as the center of backlash against Colorado’s system of annual standardized testing, you’d have scoffed — and maybe offered a primer on education…
Dear Members and Friends, Denver Public Schools has its faults, a fact we rarely fail to point out. However, it also deserves praise and support. Student achievement has increased at a historic rate, dropout rates have decreased, and more students are in top-rated schools than ever before. These gains are a result of Denver’s ability…
Originally Posted by The Denver Post on January 29, 2014. Copyright © denverpost.com. Written by Zahira Torres and Kevin Simpson. Read here. A class-action lawsuit filed by the Colorado Education Association on Wednesday challenges the state’s teacher effectiveness law, citing concerns with a provision that it says has allowed Denver Public Schools to edge out…
Originally Posted by Chalkbeat Colorado on January 27, 2014. Copyright © co.chalkbeat.org. Written by Van Schoales. Read here. I’ve written before about the odds of getting into schools that have consistently high test scores. These are generally schools where parents are lining up to get their kids in—some even hiring consultants to help them navigate…
Originally Posted by The Denver Post on January 25, 2014. Copyright © denverpost.com. Written by Alicia Caldwell. Read here. So many people showed up for a school board meeting in Loveland last month they had to sit on the floor and stand along the walls. Many of the roughly 400 people in attendance were angry,…
What’s happening around town Manual High School Chalkbeat Colorado recently did an excellent job reporting on the most recent changes at Manual and the tragic history of the school in a four-part special series. A+ Denver’s Van Schoales commented on this issue in part one & two of the series and in the Denver Post.…
Originally Posted by Colorado Public Radio on January 14, 2014. Copyright © cpr.org. Written by Jenny Brundin. Read here. Public schools in Colorado that have greater control over hiring teachers, setting the school calendar and budgeting show slightly higher levels of student academic growth and high levels of teacher empowerment, according to a CU Denver report…
Originally Posted by Colorado Public Radio on January 14, 2014. Copyright © cpr.org. Written by Jenny Brundin. Read here. Public schools in Colorado that have greater control over hiring teachers, setting the school calendar and budgeting show slightly higher levels of student academic growth and high levels of teacher empowerment, according to a CU Denver report…
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…
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,…