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UPDATED: DPS board to vote June 16 on restoring some innovation school freedoms
The Denver school board will hold a special meeting June 16 to vote on restoring some freedoms that were stripped from 52 innovation schools by a hastily passed policy change earlier this spring.NewsInnovation zone leaders see new law as a step forward
In the end, supporters of innovation schools and zones did not get everything they wanted out of a new state law offering an added layer of dispute resolution when innovation zone plans are changed or status is revoked, but they’re framing it as a step forward nonetheless.NewsFor DSST seniors, exciting futures come into focus
One by one, each school paraded its seniors to the stage to make their big announcement. Each announcement was followed by thunderous cheers and more than a few tears.NewsDPS move to muzzle innovation dissent generates big blowback
If Superintendent Alex Marrero and his team intended to calm the storm that has erupted during the past month over the attempt to limit innovation school freedoms, a letter intended to muzzle dissent appears to have backfired. In fact, district employees are becoming more outspoken in their displeasure over a multitude of issues they say are being mishandled by the current administration.
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Tay Anderson reflects on non-coup, other DPS board flashpoints
Denver Public Schools board Vice President Tay Anderson discusses board relations, the coup that wasn't, and other issues related to DPS board dysfunctionCommentaryDPS board must pivot after embarrassing itself
After last week’s 6-1/2-hour Denver school board meeting featured a couple of cringeworthy interpersonal clashes, I’m sure at least some board members are embarrassed by what the public witnessed. They should be. While the in-fighting rages, work of substance is being neglected.CommentaryDenver school closure criteria seem far removed from equity
DPS still has an opportunity to keep this process from devolving into a fiasco, but that will require the district to address the impacts on families who will be directly affected by any school closure.CommentaryRAAD’s vision for arts-based learning needed in Denver’s Far Northeast
It is evident there is a gap in arts-based learning models in the Far Northeast, and our no-audition, public charter school model will provide every student with an opportunity to explore and develop their talents, in an area where there’s an urgent need for arts-based learning.
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DPS board restores some innovation school freedoms
A divided Denver Public Schools Board of Education Thursday restored some of the autonomy to 52 innovation schools it had stripped away in an overly-hasty move last March.QuickhitsSchool closure guidelines don’t include performance
Notably missing from the Declining Enrollment Advisory Committee criteria was any measure of school performance. Instead, the Declining Enrollment Advisory Committee chose to focus on schools serving the fewest students.QuickhitsColorado’s teacher evaluation system undergoing big changes
"With the updated evaluation system in Senate Bill 70, signed last week, Colorado joins a growing list of states moving away from practices the Obama administration hoped would improve schools."QuickhitsColorado’s charter school law ranks nations’s second best
Colorado's charter school law is the second strongest in the nation, according to a national advocacy group's rankings released this week.
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