by tech | Mar 31, 2011 | EduPolicy
This is just so perfect, I had to share it, especially after the conversation I had today with a potential school board candidate… THE BLUEBERRY STORY : A Businessman Learns a Lesson by Jamie Robert Vollmer “If I ran my business the way you people operate...
by tech | Mar 26, 2011 | Middle Schools
Do you know about the KEEP program at Kepner? It’s an academic enrichment program designed to give kids at Kepner Middle School a different perspective outside of their Westwood neighborhood. Learn more about the program here. Students either go to Europe or...
by tech | Mar 19, 2011 | Board of Education, Curriculum
In all fairness, and because I promised, here’s another video, this time touting DPS’ work with Everyday Math. A former teacher asked me to. I’m still feeling like we need a blend of teaching/learning approaches for our math curriculum....
by tech | Mar 19, 2011 | Curriculum, Elementary Schools
I stumbled across this video the other day, and I really want to get your feedback on it. Everyday Math is the math curriculum that Denver Public Schools uses for the elementary grades. It’s a “constructivist” curriculum, or (from what I can gather)...
by tech | Mar 17, 2011 | DPS Finances
Well, we did it. Tonight, we approved a deal that would place 50 percent of the interest-rate swaps into fixed-rate instruments, and the rest still in swaps. It was, I think, a good compromise, given the current state of the market and the impact on our cash flow....
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