by tech | May 22, 2015 | EduPolicy, English learners, Race and class
Northwest Denver is struggling with yet another fait accompli arrangement, in which the Denver Public Schools pretends to have a public process but know they’re going to force in a STRIFE (aka STRIVE and formerly West Denver Prep) charter school into an...
by tech | Feb 10, 2012 | Community, English learners
I got a couple of concerned calls from parents at the beginning of last week, and they were about the prospect of Traylor Academy being forced to turn into a “bilingual school” by the district. After talking to a few parents, the rumor that was floating...
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...
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...
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