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Denver’s Next Journey: School Improvement

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Denver’s Next Journey: Start With The Facts

A+ Colorado is set to release a series of briefs titled Denver’s Next Journey, covering a new era of Denver Public Schools. The series will explore lingering questions and big takeaways from improvement efforts in the past as Denver stands at an important crossroads with new leadership for the first time in a decade and major debate about how students are being served.

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Press Statement: Tentative Agreement Finalized To End 3-Day Teacher Strike in Denver

A+ Colorado is pleased to see Colorado’s largest school district, Denver Public Schools (DPS), and the Denver Classroom Teachers Association (DCTA) reach a tentative agreement to end a 15-month negotiation period and 3-day teacher strike.

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Issue Guide: Negotiating Over Teacher Pay in Denver

Denver Public Schools (DPS) and Denver Classroom Teachers Association (DCTA) are at an impasse in regards to what and how to pay teachers and special service providers who are in the classroom. This is a resource compiled by A+ Colorado to understand what is on the table. This resource relies on publicly available information to help make sense of the complexity of teacher pay, and the nuances of both the district and the union’s current proposals. We hope this document can provide clarity for stakeholders hoping to understand more about this important decision, and facilitate conversation about how to compensate educators in our city.

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Press Statement: A+ Colorado Strongly Supports Far Larger Incentives For Teachers

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Press Release: Denver Public Schools Chooses New Superintendent- Susana Cordova To Lead DPS’ Next Journey For Students & Families

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Unequal Choices: School Model Diversity in Denver Public Schools

Unequal Choices is a groundbreaking new report on current school model choices for families and students in Denver Public Schools.

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Start With the Facts: Denver Public Schools at a Crossroads

Start with the Facts: Denver Public Schools at a Crossroads is our eighth annual report on the current status and performance of DPS.

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Urban Land Conservancy Memo: A Call For Housing Affordability

An affordable housing response to the A+ Colorado report Learn Together, Live Together.

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Learn Together, Live Together: A Call to Integrate Denver’s Schools

Learn Together, Live Together: A Call to Integrate Denver's Schools, details Denver Public Schools' continued struggle with school segregation and offers a call to action for greater urgency and solutions around integration.

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