Posted in Board of Education on Aug. 24, 2010
I have been forgetting to write about the very cool gardening and scratch cooking movement that’s quietly happening in DPS. It’s something I wholeheartedly support, since I believe that we’ve substituted whole foods for high-fructose corn syrup and fats…all for the sake of convenience.
High-fructose corn syrup is particularly dangerous to Hispanics because of the way [...]
Posted in Board of Education on Aug. 22, 2010
Monday morning, too early for even the saints, I think, the Board of Education will be going to Balarat, the Denver Public Schools mountain property used for experiential learning experiences for mostly 5th graders. The objective supposedly will be “Board Procedures, Policy and Governance,” per Nate Easley.
Right now, the board uses a version of the [...]
Posted in Board of Education on Aug. 13, 2010
I’m studying the raw CSAP data that just came out, and I’m balancing it against some pupil data from the Colorado Department of Education.
Here’s a very interesting piece of information I came across. It appears that nearly 10 percent of all kids that should be going to DPS, aren’t. In raw dollars, that amounts to [...]
Posted in Board of Education on Aug. 09, 2010
In light of the fact that Rep. Mark Ferrandino is now calling for a legislative audit of the DPS pension-related issues, you should know that I worked for Mark Ferrandino last session as his legislative aide. He has been concerned about the DPS pension-related issues since the merger legislation went through in 2008, however, [...]
Posted in Board of Education on Jul. 26, 2010
I would like to set the record straight about the issue of the non-disclosure of my position as a paid field organizer for the Romanoff campaign. I neglected to tell the Denver Post that I hold such a position, though not intentionally. In my naivete, I believed it was not an issue, because campaigns are [...]
Posted in DPS Finances on Jul. 26, 2010
Budget discussion 6/30/10 from Andrea Merida on Vimeo.
This video is about an hour and a half long, but it shows the tenor of the discussion about the pension payment shortfall. Let’s discuss.
Posted in EduPolicy on Jul. 07, 2010
Diane Ravitch, author of the Life and Death of the Great American School System, and a personal hero of mine, was just awarded NEA’s “Friend of Education” Award at their national convention this week. I couldn’t imagine a more deserving individual, this studious woman that sounds the clarion call in defense of our public education [...]
Posted in Board of Education, DPS Finances on Jul. 03, 2010
crossposted from Colorado Pols and Square State…
While DPS Superintendent Tom Boasberg continues to bask in the favor of the Denver Post’s editorial board, who calls dissent “not entirely necessary,” there is one simple issue that is omitted here. If the Board minority is perpetuating a canard, then show us.
After much study of the data [...]
Posted in Board of Education on Jul. 02, 2010
This is probably the most concise description of what’s happening with the Denver Public Schools pensions.
Posted in High Schools, Middle Schools on Jun. 28, 2010
Some really good news about making room for existing programs in Southwest Denver!
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