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 »
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.
CPR: Teachers anxious about resuming school Read More »
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.
Hess: Are teachers unions overplaying their hands? Read More »
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.
DPS delays in-person school until mid-October — at earliest Read More »
Records obtained through a Colorado Open Records Act (CORA) request show that of the 20 Denver elementary schools where parent fundraising brought in the most money, 18 had student populations that were at least two-thirds white. Those schools brought in on average $439,940 per school over the past three years.
UPDATED: Vast disparities in parent fundraising hamper equity efforts Read More »
Today’s bargaining session between DPS and its teachers union will be streamed live, for those who like to observe sausage-making.
DCTA-DPS bargaining over salary cuts streaming live today Read More »
It became clear Monday that Denver Public Schools budget cuts are gong to reach into every corner of the district.
Magnitude of DPS budget apocalypse comes into focus Read More »
The vote to remove police officers from Denver Public Schools was unanimous, but opinion in the principal ranks is sharply divided.
Diverse perspectives on cops in Denver schools Read More »
In the wake of the George Floyd murder and sustained, impassioned protests against racist policing practices, Denver Public Schools is on the cusp of ending a longstanding agreement to host “School Resource Officers” in some of its buildings.
Denver’s cops-in-schools program may end Read More »
