Parents muzzled at State Board of Education
Read the testimony from parents about pandemic-related education woes that staff wouldn’t let the State Board of Education hear this week.
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The students left behind by remote learning
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.
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From A+ Colorado: As October count starts, how many students are disengaged?
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.
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Public education’s ‘meteor moment’
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.
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Principals union wins board approval; details to be negotiated
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.
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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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