by tech | Feb 15, 2012 | Board of Education, EduPolicy
The board received a very interesting letter from A+ Denver, a local organization of Denver’s political elite who convene to sound off on education issues in the Denver Public Schools. They have made some important observations about the Denver Plan (which I...
by tech | Jan 31, 2012 | Board of Education
The board was copied on the following letter via email today: Mr. Boasberg, I’m writing in response to your recent communication about the Dell Foundation grant. As a DPS parent, I’m staunchly against the privatization and corporatism of schools. The aim...
by tech | Jan 16, 2012 | Board of Education, EduPolicy
I thought I would write something salient and profound today to commemorate the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., but really, his words are the best. Dr. King wrote the following piece for the Moorehouse College student paper, The Maroon Tiger, in 1947. They are...
by tech | Dec 31, 2011 | Board of Education
Happy New Year! I’m so excited about working hard for our kids in 2012! I wanted to recap what I consider to be the top five events in public education in Denver…both the best and the worst, in descending order. 2011’s worst education happenings...
by tech | Dec 31, 2011 | Board of Education, English learners
The following is a re-post of a piece I recently wrote for EdNews Colorado. The ballyhoo over a new school grading website piqued my interest, so I surfed over to ColoradoSchoolGrades.com to check it out. After all, the power partners that have coalesced around the...
by tech | Dec 3, 2011 | Board of Education, English learners, Middle Schools
I’ve been spending a lot of time with data in the last week, reviewing test scores and tracking school improvement. I am still very concerned that schools with high populations of kids classified as English learners are being judged inappropriately. I’m...
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