As former Denver Mayor Federico Peña and current Mayor Michael Hancock release a statement critical of the school board’s handling of Superintendent Susana Cordova, will the board learn its lesson and alter future behavior?
UPDATED: As pressure mounts on DPS board, will members pivot? Read More »
Fourteen women who served on the Denver Board of Education between the 1970s and 2019 have written an open letter excoriating the current school board for treating outgoing Superintendent Susana Cordova so badly that she saw no option but to leave the district where she has worked her entire professional career.
14 female ex-board members blast DPS board for treatment of Cordova Read More »
“Susana has demonstrated the qualities that have earned her distinction throughout her career: extraordinary intelligence, educational expertise, personal integrity, diplomacy and listening skills, and a passion for collaboration encompassing educators, students, families and community,” Rodriguez wrote.
Former school board member Rosemary Rodriguez lauds Susana Cordova Read More »
The Denver school board’s focus on Black excellence is important, but looks two-faced when board members are ignoring the Black excellence at a Far Northeast Denver charter school.
DPS board champions Black excellence, except in charter schools Read More »
Let’s cut to the chase: The likely refusal to allow a new DSST high school to open next year is all about the adults.
If DPS board rejects DSST high school, it’s pure adult politics Read More »
UPDATED: The Denver school board has decided to postpone its vote on allowing a DSST Rachel Noel High School to open next year. District officials worked this week with board members and DSST leadership to craft a compromise, but were unable to come up with a solution. An agreement satisfactory to all seemed a distant prospect at best.
UPDATED: DSST Noel vote: Will data prevail? Read More »
In yet another move away from school choice for families, the Denver Public Schools board signaled Monday that it is likely to reject the opening next year of a previously approved DSST charter high school.
DPS board poised to reject DSST Noel High School Read More »
The recently released school board evaluation of Denver Public Schools Superintendent Susana Cordova is a vague document that sheds light on little more than board members’ divisions over her future.
Board’s vague, data-free superintendent evaluation serves no one well Read More »
The 6-1 vote masks significant divisions on the board and, more importantly, indefinitely delays the development of any kind of new accountability system parents can use to figure out which schools would work best for their children.
Denver board kicks school accountability can down a long road Read More »
Should parents be deprived of data on school performance because they might “weaponize” it? One Denver school board member said as much Thursday.
SPF update: Don’t trust parents with data! Read More »
