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