by tech | Aug 30, 2011 | Board of Education, EduPolicy, English learners
While the politics of education reform swirl all around us, it’s important to keep clear on what works and what doesn’t. The good news is that the Denver Public Schools is actually doing very well in supporting a particular segment of our student population, English...
by tech | Aug 26, 2011 | Board of Education
This just in (parenthetical comments mine): Dear Colleagues: I would imagine that I’m not the only one who’s been haunted by a particular Cole Porter tune this week (apparently he has read this blog), and I know that those of you working in our older buildings without...
by tech | Aug 23, 2011 | Board of Education
“It’s 101 degrees inside the Rishel building”! “My daughter got overheated today and sick to her stomach because she was so hot.” “It’s practically child abuse to require children to sit in such unbearably hot classrooms; they...
by tech | Aug 15, 2011 | EduPolicy
Someone posted this on Facebook today, and I thought I would share it with you. I wish I could tell you that it was a complete exaggeration, but I can’t. This sort of thing is happening to our teachers every day. Please share, with reckless abandon, as I like to...
by tech | Aug 13, 2011 | Board of Education, High Schools
As adults, some of the best ways to teach kids is to model good behavior. At Thursday’s board meeting, you will hear the breathless and excited delivery of the statistic that “our graduation rate has gone up by 500 students in the last two years! ”...
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