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Boardhawk Podcast episode 18: Featuring Jeremy Harris, northeast Denver (District 4) school board candidate

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.

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Boardhawk podcast episode 17: Featuring Caron Blanke, central Denver (District 3) school board candidate

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.

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Boardhawk podcast episode 16: Featuring Mariana del Hierro, southwest Denver (District 2) school board candidate

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.

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Boardhawk Podcast episode 15: Featuring Timiya Jackson, Denver school board candidate District 4 (Northeast Denver)

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.

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Boardhawk Podcast episode 14: Featuring Dr. DJ Torres, Denver school board candidate

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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Boardhawk Podcast episode 13: Veteran educator, DPS board candidate Alex Magaña lays out his vision for the district

Denver school board at-large candidate Alex Magaña is a veteran DPS educator. He is neither an “education reformer” nor a “defender of the status quo.” His many years of experience in schools give him a more nuanced view of the current state of pubic education, as his words on this podcast make clear.

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Large parent survey reveals dissatisfaction with schools, but reluctance to move kids

On whether they were happy with the quality of their schools, only 40% of Colorado parents said they were; nationally it was 45%. Again, attitudes differed by income status: 35% low-income parents were satisfied with their school; 42% of middle- and high-income parents felt the same.

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