Seven Denver school board candidates – including all three citywide at-large challengers – mostly stuck to general themes Tuesday night about their qualifications and support for students and teachers but many were light on specific strategies to raise achievement.
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This past weekend, Denver Gazette education reporter Nicole C. Brambila broke a big story about a shadowy committee of the Denver school board formed last spring to hammer out details of Superintendent Alex Marrero’s controversial new contract. We asked Brambila to join the podcast to discuss the story and its ramifications, as well as the overall transparency (or lack thereof) of the current board and Denver Public Schools administration. Listen to hear why, as Brambila told us, “what attorneys that I spoke to did say was that if somebody sued the school district and won in court, it could negate the contract.”
As a service to our listeners, Boardhawk decided to reach out to the two school board election axes of influence — The Denver Classroom Teachers Association and Denver Families Action to learn more about their process and criteria for endorsing candidates, as well as their funding sources and strategies. We conclude this series with a conversation with Clarence Burton Jr., CEO of Denver Families Action and Denver Families for Public Schools.
As a service to our listeners, Boardhawk decided to reach out to the two school board election axes of influence — The Denver Classroom Teachers Association and Denver Families Action to learn more about their process and criteria for endorsing candidates, as well as their funding sources and strategies. We begin this two-part series with Rob Gould, president of the DCTA.
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Listen to our interview with Amy Klein Molk, an education advocate, former ed-tech entrepreneur, and Denver Public Schools (DPS) parent who is running for an at-large (citywide) seat on the Denver Public Schools Board of Education.
Jeremy Harris is one of four candidates vying for the Denver school board seat currently held by Michelle Quattlebaum, who is running for reelection. Harris opposes what he describes on his campaign website as “lessons on sexuality, racism, and gender identity-based curricula in K–8 education.” In general, he stakes out positions that in some cases are more conservative than is typical in a Denver school board race.
Caron Blanke is a Denver Public Schools parent, and the former director of the JCC (Jewish Community Center) Early Learning School, one of Denver’s top preschools. She is running for the District 3 school board seat, which encompasses a large swath of central Denver. In this podcast episode, Blanke discusses what she sees as a need for governance adjustments within the DPS board and administration, and her desire to be a change agent after several years of stagnant student achievement in the district.
In this podcast episode, Denver school board candidate Mariana del Hierro discusses with hosts Alexis Menocal Harrigan and Alan Gottlieb how her role as a parent of a Latino DPS student drives her passion to serve on the school board; her views on the state of the district’s academic performance; and her plans to be accessible to the community should she be elected.
In this podcast episode, Denver school board candidate Timiya Jackson (District 4 — northeast Denver) discusses with hosts Alexis Menocal Harrigan and Alan Gottlieb the need for greater transparency in Denver Public Schools, the distressing state of learning among the district’s neediest students, and why she views herself as uniquely positioned to serve the residents of District 4.
In this podcast episode, central Denver (District 3) school board candidate Dr. DJ Torres discusses with hosts Alexis Menocal Harrigan and Alan Gottlieb his views on policy governance, school safety, the state of student learning, and why he does not plan to take money from “education reformers.”
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