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title: 7 Education Reform Lessons From the Denver Teacher Strike
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# [7 Education Reform Lessons From the Denver Teacher Strike](https://blog.dsstpublicschools.org/helix/7-education-reform-lessons-from-the-denver-teacher-strike)

 Written by [DSST Public Schools](https://blog.dsstpublicschools.org/helix/author/dsst-public-schools) | 02/27/19

Denver’s first teacher strike in 25 years marks a turning point in Colorado, and possibly the nation’s efforts to reform public education.

While many in the education reform community see the strike as a clear sign that education reform as we have known it is over (I mostly agree), I believe it may set the stage for a deeper set of improvements to public education that have eluded us.

[Read the full article here.](https://www.the74million.org/article/schoales-7-education-reform-lessons-from-the-denver-teacher-strike-that-can-help-us-build-the-public-schools-we-need/?utm_source=The+74+Million+Newsletter&utm_campaign=a15c3cc731-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_02_26_10_34&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_077b986842-a15c3cc731-176270725)

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