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Election Aftermath On behalf of A+ Denver, we offer our warm congratulations to Denver’s new school board members-elect:Barbara O’Brien, Landri Taylor, Rosemary Rodriguez, and Mike Johnson. All nine board candidates ran top-notch campaigns. They were organized and professional, and centered on issues and not personalities. A+ Denver applauds all of the candidates’ dedication to public…
Denver Public Schools has caught the eye of national observers. Public Impact, the Center for Reinventing Public Education, and the Aspen Institute have all publicly acknowledged the district’s gains —including double digit improvements in graduation rates and steadily increasing student achievement over a six year period. A slew of national foundations (such as Bill &…
Originally Posted by EdNews Colorado on October 22, 2013. Copyright © ednewscolorado.org. Written by Kate Schimel. Read here. Students who live in medium to high poverty areas of Denver may have less access to after school programming. That’s the picture drawn by the first release of data from Denver’s after school initiative. Officials caution that the…
Your mail-in ballot will be arriving next week. As far as education policy-making goes, this is probably the most important ballot that will drop anywhere in the country. Two seemingly routine issues are being put up to a vote: the School Board composition and school finance. Here is why these issues are not mundane at…
Originally Posted by Denver Post on October 15, 2013. Copyright © Denverpost.com. Written by Zahira Torres. Denver Public Schools is at a crossroads. The district can double-down on Superintendent Tom Boasberg’s reform efforts, which include shuttering low-performing campuses, fostering the growth of charter schools and encouraging the development of campuses that have the ability to…
News Release September 16, 2013 Media Contact Van Schoales, CEO A+ Denver (303) 725-1151 A+ Denver releases results from DPS board candidate survey, launches new BoardWatch Denver Website Survey Results: Some stark differences between candidates A+ Denver released results today from a survey conducted to identify priorities and beliefs of the nine candidates vying…
A report detailing the status of Denver Public Schools as of September 2013. This report was given out as the annual A+ Denver Member Meeting. View DPS report
September 4th, 2013 Secretary Arne Duncan U.S. Department of Education 400 Maryland Avenue, SW Washington, DC, 20202 Dear Secretary Duncan: We, the undersigned, are again writing to convey our strong support for the Obama Administration’s teacher education reform strategy as described in “Our Future, Our Teachers” and urge you to advance your policy through…
The purpose of this survey is to give Denver voters clear picture of where each candidate stands on the most important issue that the board oversees: student achievement. As we have done for each election in the past two years, we summarize the survey responses in a format that allows the reader to compare candidates…
Welcome back from summer break. School’s back in session, TCAPs are coming out tomorrow morning, a high profile school board race is gaining speed, common core is here, and taxpayers are considering whether to overhaul school finance. Here’s what’s been going on at A+: Board Watching Depending on who you ask, DPS school board meetings…