Trouble at Traylor turns into opportunity
With the changing demographics of southwest Denver, and the influx of not just Spanish-speakers, but also speakers of Vietnamese, Chinese, Somali and the various West African languages, it is important for Traylor's teachers to get ready. The district needs to re-examine its priorities about English learners, as well.
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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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DPS needs to pay attention to its own data and to reforms that work
The path to closing the achievement gap and, therefore, a strong school district, is to ensure that all our students have equitable opportunities to robust and challenging academics. We have to reform schools according to the needs of the kids actually in our schools, not for kids we might wish we had.
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