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Scratch cooking attracts USDA visit

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...

The Balarat governance summit…I think

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...

A DPS diaspora?

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...

In the interest of disclosure

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...