The DPS board and leadership seem more interested in imposing their will and reining in innovative practices than in focusing on what we at Beacon Network Schools are doing to serve our students.
Why is DPS undermining our innovation zone? Read More »
The simple, straightforward Denver Public Schools Debt Clock website, debuting today, serves as a stark reminder that postponing important decisions for political reasons can be costly -– literally as well as figuratively.
Introducing the Denver Public Schools Debt Clock Read More »
With Denver Public Schools innovation plan renewals coming up for votes over the next few months, we’ll be able to see in real time just how badly the school board has, with its meddling, damaged the concept of innovation.
Denver’s innovation schools await their fate Read More »
Students, namely Black boys, are significantly more likely to graduate high school and enroll in college if they have a Black man as a teacher in elementary school. Black boys improve standardized test scores when they have Black men as teachers. Simply put, Black boys – and students more broadly – benefit from having Black men in the classroom.
Black boys and Black men don’t have space in education Read More »
Last week I came across the latest example of at least one Denver’s school board member focusing on the trivial in place of substance, while simultaneously trying to use board power to breathe down the neck of innovation schools.
More trivial time-wasting from a Denver school board member Read More »
We love and support our students, and we encourage their interests and needs.
Downtown Denver Expeditionary School fosters a nurturing environment Read More »
The look and function of this space truly is the future, and is what we can expect to see more in schools going forward.
Highline Academy expansion reenvisions how schools serve students, families Read More »
Here’s hoping that 2023 shows at least some modest improvement in governance and administrative performance. Either way, three of seven seats on the board are up for election in November so the voters can exert influence, if they bother to get engaged.
Eight steps to a better 2023 for DPS Read More »
Denver Public Schools recently provided a high-profile example of what not to do when it comes to unavoidable school closures.
National view: We need to prepare now for the school closures that are coming Read More »
State Board of Education member Lisa Escárcega reflects on the fraught process involved in getting new state social studies standards adopted.
Protecting and promoting a multifaceted view of social studies in Colorado schools Read More »
