Here’s hoping that 2023 shows at least some modest improvement in governance and administrative performance. Either way, three of seven seats on the board are up for election in November so the voters can exert influence, if they bother to get engaged.
Eight steps to a better 2023 for DPS Read More »
This is no fly-by-night research, led by ideologically-driven researchers. These are serious academic researchers, conducting rigorous studies. Their findings paint a far different picture than reform critics, some of whom serve on the Denver school board, want you to see.
Why are DPS and school board ignoring new evidence that reform worked? Read More »
Individuals and groups on both sides of the Denver education ideological divide need to join forces to deliver a clear message to all board members, including those not up for reelection. It’s a simple message: This is unacceptable. You are embarrassing us. You are poorly serving our children. Get to work on what matters.
How an engaged community could help right the DPS ship Read More »
Most of what I see looking back over the past year, on numerous issues, is a lot of time wasted and a road littered with the detritus of dysfunction.
Thoughts on Denver school closures countdown: 10, 5, 2, 0, failure to launch Read More »
Some board members are backpedaling as fast as possible from the understandably unpopular recommendation to close schools. But if their concern is so great, they could and should have intervened sooner.
Denver board member opposition to school closures smacks of political opportunism Read More »
Free speech can be hard to hear at times, particularly when blistering language is aimed at you. But if you’re in a public-facing position, sometimes you just have to take it.
The banning of Brandon Pryor Read More »
The school board has sought no community input on Superintendent Alex Marrero’s performance, and it will be another year before the board is supposed to take a serious, data-driven look at his performance. That is just weeks before the next school board election.
Non-evaluation of Denver superintendent raises questions Read More »
Chalkbeat has an excellent update on the Know Justice Know Peace podcast dispute, after senior reporter Melanie Asmar viewed video of an August meeting between the four young women who created the podcast and senior Denver Public Schools officials. Chalkbeat, like Boardhawk, filed a Colorado Open Records Act Request for the video, which the district
Chalkbeat: Meeting video helps illuminate podcast dispute Read More »
In threatening to sue four of its former students and an ex-principal over an alleged trademark violation for a racial justice-themed podcast the students created, DPS is violating its own professed principles and making itself look like a big, bad bully.
Legal bullying of exemplary students exposes Denver Public Schools’ hypocrisy Read More »
Denver Public Schools appears poised to marginalize the state-mandated District Accountability Committee. It is the latest example of using Policy Governance to drive agendas and limit public scrutiny and accountability. It’s just the latest example of the district and board’s move away from transparency and public accountability.
Is DPS trying to sideline state-mandated community accountability panel? Read More »
