The Denver school board will vote tonight to delay the opening of the DSST Noel High School for a year, potentially leaving 161 eighth-graders without a high school they had been expecting.
Board resolution delays Noel high school until 2022; DSST objects Read More »
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.
From A+ Colorado: As October count starts, how many students are disengaged? Read More »
There will be no in-person classes at South High School through December, students and parents learned Thursday evening.
At South High, no in-person classes through December Read More »
In yet another move away from school choice for families, the Denver Public Schools board signaled Monday that it is likely to reject the opening next year of a previously approved DSST charter high school.
DPS board poised to reject DSST Noel High School Read More »
Last March, with classes, SAT prep and other stresses, we needed a break. Little did we know how long it would last, and how disruptive it would be.
Two rising seniors reflect on a strange year Read More »
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.
New innovation schools, policy changes shelved until 2021 Read More »
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.
Schools, funder getting creative with outdoor learning space, pod Read More »
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.
A thorny question: If schools are essential, why are they closed? 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 »
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 »
