Board members got an earful on Wednesday and Thursday nights during a town hall meeting and a work session from innovation school leaders, who’ve relied in part on waivers from the teachers’ union requirements to provide a unique educational experience for their students.
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From a Colorado League of Charter Schools press release: Colorado continues to have the nation’s second-best public charter school laws, according to a ranking released by the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools (NAPCS) in its annual report, “Measuring Up to the Model: A Ranking of State Charter Public School Laws.” It is the fifth
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The teachers union-friendly Denver school board will consider stripping some flexibility from the district’s innovation schools and zones, a high priority for the local union.
Denver school board ponders stripping some flexibility from innovation schools Read More »
“The story that you’ll see in my professional arc, is working to ensure that as many kids as possible, especially those who come from a background similar to mine and face similar challenges, have access to high quality education, regardless of what they look like, how much money their parents have, or what zip code they they live in.”
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The Denver school board approved contract renewals for 16 charter schools Thursday, even as the board president continued to spread false information about charter schools’ impact on district enrollment.
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Boardhawk is hiring a part-time community reporter to cover Denver Public Schools and its Board of Education.
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Sixteen of the 17 Denver charter schools with contracts up for renewal got a recommendation from Denver Public Schools staff to continue operating.
Upcoming school board vote will decide fate of 17 Denver charter schools Read More »
The two dissenting board members and a vociferous champion of the contract extension explained their votes at the conclusion of last Thursday’s DPS board meeting.
Denver school board members explain their Marrero contract extension votes Read More »
The percentage of K-3 DPS students reading “significantly below grade level” had remained steady between 21% and 23% in the past five years. This year, that number jumped up to 31%.
Fall elementary reading scores paint worrisome picture for Denver Public Schools Read More »
The new Denver school will vote Thursday to extend Superintendent Alex Marrero’s contract from two to four years, just five months into his tenure and before any kind of performance evaluation has been started, let alone completed.
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