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Innovation zone leaders see new law as a step forward
In the end, supporters of innovation schools and zones did not get everything they wanted out of a new state law offering an added layer of dispute resolution when innovation zone plans are changed or status is revoked, but they’re framing it as a step forward nonetheless.NewsFor DSST seniors, exciting futures come into focus
One by one, each school paraded its seniors to the stage to make their big announcement. Each announcement was followed by thunderous cheers and more than a few tears.NewsDPS move to muzzle innovation dissent generates big blowback
If Superintendent Alex Marrero and his team intended to calm the storm that has erupted during the past month over the attempt to limit innovation school freedoms, a letter intended to muzzle dissent appears to have backfired. In fact, district employees are becoming more outspoken in their displeasure over a multitude of issues they say are being mishandled by the current administration.NewsUnder heavy pressure, DPS board members demand more information on impact of innovation school changes
Four Denver school board members have requested from Superintendent Alex Marrero a school-by-school inventory of how recently approved changes to policy could negatively affect the school district’s 52 innovation schools.
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Mental Health Awareness Month means validating our student experiences
This Mental Health Awareness Month we must listen to the stories of young people in Colorado, who, in significant numbers, have been facing a mental health crisis. I know the need for this firsthand because I went through my own mental health struggles in high school.CommentaryDenver innovation foes devolving into circular firing squad
The extent to which Denver Public Schools and its board are stumbling and bumbling through an ill-conceived effort to limit the freedoms of their 52 innovation schools would be comical if the stakes for children weren’t so highCommentarySchool climate bill helps fill in a missing piece
If passed, this legislation would update Colorado’s policies, practices, and data frameworks to make data about students’ experiences at school more transparent and to ensure that every student learns in an environment that is positive, safe and inclusive.CommentaryEdnium: Championing financial literacy is an investment in the future
The initial idea to champion a financial literacy campaign started in 2019 when alumni partners came together in Ednium’s Design Lab to identify issues they could impact in public-school education.
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Colorado’s charter school law ranks nations’s second best
Colorado's charter school law is the second strongest in the nation, according to a national advocacy group's rankings released this week.QuickhitsWhy so many public school buildings remain closed
"Whatever is in their hearts, public school leaders have institutional, professional reasons to slow-roll reopening."QuickhitsTo test or not to test?
Should Colorado test its public school students this year to get some data on how the pandemic has affected different groups of kids? Or is the idea absurd on its face during a pandemic?QuickhitsColorado public charters net $2 million-plus in RISE grants
Colorado charter schools will receive more than $2 million in state grants to support innovative solutions to help state students affected by the economic, social and health impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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