The annual October count, which helps determine state funding of school districts, is a good time to take stock of how engaged or disengaged kids are in learning during the pandemic.
From A+ Colorado: As October count starts, how many students are disengaged? Read More »
It’s hard to imagine school districts and systems returning to the semi-functional ‘normal’ that existed prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. So let’s seize the moment and make a great leap forward.
Public education’s ‘meteor moment’ Read More »
The Denver school board voted 6-1 Thursday to allow its principals to unionize. The Denver School Leaders Association will have the right to bargain collectively with the district for wages and working conditions.
Principals union wins board approval; details to be negotiated Read More »
There will be no in-person classes at South High School through December, students and parents learned Thursday evening.
At South High, no in-person classes through December Read More »
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.
New innovation schools, policy changes shelved until 2021 Read More »
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.
Schools, funder getting creative with outdoor learning space, pod Read More »
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.
A thorny question: If schools are essential, why are they closed? Read More »
The “Nice White Parents” podcast tells truths that will make you cringe.
Listening recommendation: Nice White Parents Read More »
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.
Schoales: DPS board position on pandemic pods “remarkable for arrogance” Read More »
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.”
School board: Don’t send your kids to pandemic pods Read More »
