Five days after Superintendent Susana Cordova announced her resignation from Denver Public Schools, two members of her senior leadership team are following her out the door.
Senior leadership exodus continues at DPS Read More »
Speakers at a Sunday press conference paid tribute to Susana Cordova’s compassion, her focus on community concerns, and her deep roots in the city and the district. They said Cordova fell victim to politics and wasn’t given a fair shot by at least some members of the school board.
UPDATED: Groups urge board to focus on community, not politics in superintendent search Read More »
Denver Public Schools Superintendent Susana Cordova is leaving to take a deputy superintendent position in Dallas. Her short (less than two years) tenure was marked by a ‘flipped’ board that constrained her authority, and a global pandemic that posed unprecedented challenges.
Susana Cordova leaving Denver; reaction pours in Read More »
Read a thorough Colorado Sun story on the Denver school board’s unanimous vote last night to adopt a curriculum redesign that “weaves the narratives and knowledge of Black, indigenous, Latino and other communities of color into every part of the district’s curriculum.”
DPS board unanimously passes “Know Justice, Know Peace” curriculum redesign Read More »
The Denver school board will vote tonight to delay the opening of the DSST Noel High School for a year, potentially leaving 161 eighth-graders without a high school they had been expecting.
Board resolution delays Noel high school until 2022; DSST objects Read More »
Read the testimony from parents about pandemic-related education woes that staff wouldn’t let the State Board of Education hear this week.
Parents muzzled at State Board of Education Read More »
A long, balanced article from Pro Publica and The New Yorker illustrates how the pandemic is hurting Black and Hispanic students far more than whites.
The students left behind by remote learning Read More »
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 »
