Commentary
Today we are talking about recent immigration activities in our community and the effect it is having on DPS families. We are also welcoming another guest onto the podcast, Jorge Castañeda, a Denver-based immigration attorney.
The SHIFT Chronicles is a new monthly feature dedicated to amplifying student voices, where those most impacted by the public education system share their thoughts, reflections, and experiences. This month’s articles respond to the following prompt: The value of learning the truth of history. Reflections on visiting the African American History Museum and the Holocaust Museum in DC.
The following statement from EDUCATE Denver was intended for the February 6 Denver school board public comment session. However, due to the board’s strict new limitations on public comment, the author was unable to secure a speaking slot.
Kurt Dennis: ”What DPS does with school administrators that they’re not pleased with is go back through their history and they will find inevitably something that they’re going to use against that individual to justify getting rid of them for whatever reason.”
My mom and dad were my first role models. They loved our community and served those around us in a huge way. I witnessed them supporting others in any way they could, and it planted a seed in me at a young age.
From Boardhawk columnist Dr. Aaron Massey: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion has become a trite phrase, used so often that it has lost its meaning and original purpose. Hot take: that’s intentional.
Despite being historically under-compensated, teachers are often the first to be asked to carry the burden of responsibilities that traditionally have not belonged to them. Alone, each of these issues carries massive weight. Together, they represent a charge that we cannot ask our educators to carry alone.
In this episode, Alan Gottlieb and Alexis Menocal Harrigan discuss what they’ll be watching as the Denver Public Schools choice window opens. They also touch briefly on DPS’ vow to protect migrant students, as well as the latest developments in the flap over DPS board member John Youngquist’s objections to possibly illegal executive sessions.
In many ways we have remained in a perpetual cycle of grief, generation after generation, soothed by the very gradualism that Dr. King warned us not to be tranquilized by.
READ Act funds allocate $26 million to help 49,000 K-3 students, and virtually nothing to help 51,000 students in grades 4-12 struggling to read at grade level.
Podcast season 2, episode 10: How Dr. Richard Charles, DPS’ top technologist, is thinking about AI in schools
In this second installment of our occasional series on the implications for public education of artificial intelligence in classrooms and homes, we welcome Dr. Richard Charles, the chief information officer for Denver Public Schools. A mathematician by training and inclination, Dr. Charles has deep knowledge of AI, its promises and pitfalls. This thought-provoking conversation is well worth a listen.