With more than $1.1 billion in stimulus dollars flowing into Colorado school districts over the next year, the big question is: will the students in greatest need of support get it, and in what form?
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Community voice the centerpiece in new research on DPS equity, quality
Early conversations with Denver Public Schools parents and students participating in a research initiative point to the importance of individualized attention, regular communication, rigorous coursework, and strong mental health support as key elements of a high quality education.NewsDrop in DPS choice program participation raises enrollment, budget worries
Fewer parents of young children are participating this year in Denver Public Schools’ SchoolChoice system, raising questions about possible enrollment declines and an accompanying financial hit to the district.NewsFounding principal shares vision for new STEAM Academy
Boardhawk interviewed Shakira Abney-Wisdom, founding principal of the Robert F. Smith STEAM Academy, the district-managed high school in Far Northeast Denver that will open later this year.NewsDenver’s Innovation Zone schools ponder summer options in pandemic year
The degree of autonomy over how innovation zone schools approach teaching, learning and the academic calendar allows them some creativity in how they move forward this summer to mitigate widespread 2020-21 learning loss.
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Districts must direct stimulus funds to students with greatest needs — but will they?
With more than $1.1 billion in stimulus dollars flowing into Colorado school districts over the next year, the big question is: will the students in greatest need of support get it, and in what form?CommentaryWhy language immersion education matters to families
Three Denver Language School parents write about why language immersion education is important to their families.CommentaryBacon’s blatantly anti-charter bill should fool no one
Coming from a school board member who consistently trumpets her commitment to community voice, House Bill 21-1295 reeks not only of pique at the state board but hypocrisy as well.CommentaryDenver innovation zone supporters are right to be worried
The hundreds of community members who rallied last week to support school innovation zones are right to worry that the school board will ignore their pleas.
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Colorado’s charter school law ranks nations’s second best
Colorado's charter school law is the second strongest in the nation, according to a national advocacy group's rankings released this week.QuickhitsWhy so many public school buildings remain closed
"Whatever is in their hearts, public school leaders have institutional, professional reasons to slow-roll reopening."QuickhitsTo test or not to test?
Should Colorado test its public school students this year to get some data on how the pandemic has affected different groups of kids? Or is the idea absurd on its face during a pandemic?QuickhitsColorado public charters net $2 million-plus in RISE grants
Colorado charter schools will receive more than $2 million in state grants to support innovative solutions to help state students affected by the economic, social and health impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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