Short of outright corruption, we should always vote in favor of DPS bonds and mill levies, especially when those ballot initiatives do not increase taxes, as has been the case the last several election cycles.
DPS bond: Don’t punish kids for leadership’s failings Read More »
Consider the message sent by spending almost $100,000 to deconstruct the egalitarian philosophy that drove Denver Public Schools management for more than a decade. The superintendent’s corner office with a bank of windows looking over downtown and the soundproofing all but scream: ”Stay away. I have no time for the likes of you. And what happens behind that door is none of your damned business.”
Marrero’s $100,000 corner office: Long live the hierarchy! Read More »
What we haven’t acknowledged is that the pain that police officers felt in schools impacted them in negative ways just like everyone else. Now, add power to the equation. A scorned police officer using real, possibly negative school experiences as a foundation. That’s a scary concept.
Police were once students, and what that means Read More »
In my opinion, East is ground zero for the most egregious failure of the discipline matrix. The new matrix’s consequences for violence in schools are inadequate.
Collinus Newsome: DPS’ “new” discipline matrix is half-baked at best Read More »
I found community in my college at the University of Colorado at Boulder, and in my first career opportunity. And I have found it again through Ednium.
From Ednium: Seeing people for who they are Read More »
Why we don’t extend the school year by five weeks and make those last five weeks lower pressure and more fun for both students and teachers?
Summer break is almost here, but should it be? Read More »
When I left for college, I knew I wanted to do something to help my community and ensure that money stayed in the neighborhood. But what I thought would be a law degree, turned into me running the stucco business with my dad.
From Ednium: Bringing success back to Westwood, my community Read More »
This fall’s superintendent evaluation will be a waste of everyone’s time. But it’s not too soon to start searching for a reputable, national organization to conduct a 360 evaluation of Superintendent Alex Marrero.
New DPS board members must push for a real, external evaluation of Marrero Read More »
I’m going to suggest three ideas to improve outcomes for schools, the problem we are solving for, associated myths, associated facts, the theory of change, the change idea, and the level of spice I think it might contain.
Practicality, intentionality, and trying new things > complaining Read More »
While the current board appears marginally more open to innovation than its predecessor, the administration of Superintendent Alex Marrero still seems hostile to the concept, and could continue chipping away at autonomies and funding mechanisms that make a zone viable.
Denver innovation zones are an endangered species Read More »
