At South High, no in-person classes through December
There will be no in-person classes at South High School through December, students and parents learned Thursday evening.
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New innovation schools, policy changes shelved until 2021
Denver Public Schools is proposing a one year pause on approval of new innovation schools and zones, as well as any possible changes to how innovation plans get adopted.
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Schools, funder getting creative with outdoor learning space, pod
A local foundation is paying for large event tents for outdoor classrooms at three Park Hill elementary schools, as well as a learning pod for low-income kids from three other schools in northeast Denver.
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A thorny question: If schools are essential, why are they closed?
If education is an essential function of our society, close behind the medical profession even during a pandemic, then why are so many public schools closed to in-person learning? That’s the provocative question Mike Miles posed during a recent talk. Listen to it here.
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Listening recommendation: Nice White Parents
The “Nice White Parents” podcast tells truths that will make you cringe.
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Schoales: DPS board position on pandemic pods “remarkable for arrogance”
Van Schoales, president of education advocacy group A+ Colorado, calls out the Denver school board for its recent letter to the community criticizing parent-organized “pandemic pods” for learning.
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School board: Don’t send your kids to pandemic pods
Denver’s seven-member board of education has posted on its website a lengthy letter urging parents not to enroll their children in so-called pandemic pods because doing so could “exacerbate academic and opportunity gaps among our children.”
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CPR: Teachers anxious about resuming school
Colorado Public Radio’s website has a long story this morning based on a review of school district teacher surveys. Teachers are anxious and in some cases feel as though their input was overlooked, or collected too late.
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Hess: Are teachers unions overplaying their hands?
Amid the muddle messaging around reopening schools, teachers unions across the country are often proving inflexible in their approach, acting more as obstacles than thought partners, Rick Hess argues in a well-reasoned column.
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DPS delays in-person school until mid-October — at earliest
Denver Public Schools today joined several other large metro are districts and decided not to open its schools to in-person learning through at least Oct. 16.
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