DPS parent speaks out against school privatization and the Dell principal training grant

Posted by on Jan 31, 2012 in Board of Education | 0 comments

Is the Dell Foundation paying DPS $800,000 to teach principals how to weed out students at CSAP/TCAP time?

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Martin Luther King, Jr. on education

Posted by on Jan 16, 2012 in Board of Education, EduPolicy | 0 comments

To save man from the morass of propaganda, in my opinion, is one of the chief aims of education. Education must enable one to sift and weigh evidence, to discern the true from the false, the real from the unreal, and the facts from the fiction. - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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2011′s Top Five Best and Worst Edu-Events

Posted by on Dec 31, 2011 in Board of Education | 0 comments

I wanted to recap what I consider to be the top five events in public education in Denver...both the best and the worst, in descending order.

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New school grading website ignores the hard-won progress of English learners

Posted by on Dec 31, 2011 in Board of Education, English learners | 0 comments

In nearly every case, our schools that are classified as “yellow” (accredited on watch) all have high numbers of English learners that are below the “safe linguistic threshold” of a CELApro level 4 or 5.

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Are SW Denver’s English learners ready for CSAP?

Posted by on Dec 3, 2011 in Board of Education, Middle Schools | 0 comments

This video evaluates whether southwest Denver's charters bring any value to our large population of English learners. Please watch and pass it on.

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Kepner’s kids deserve a well-rounded education

Posted by on Nov 5, 2011 in Board of Education, Community, Middle Schools | 4 comments

All parents deserve the basic respect and appreciation for their tax dollars, and low-income families have a right by federal law to fully benefit from the portion of Title I dollars earmarked toward community engagement to become active partners in their children’s education.

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