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The blueberry story

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...

KEEP Program Kepner kids invade Europe!

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...

Another take on Everyday Math

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....

What’s your take on Everyday Math?

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)...

Pension deal put to bed…for now

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....