Concerns with how Denver rates its schools emerged as one of the hottest topics during last year’s search for a superintendent. Now that a new leader is in place, the state’s largest district is reimagining its controversial color-coded school rating system.
During a political campaign, the savviest candidates excel at two things. First, they offer a compelling message that differentiates them from their competitors. Second — which demands true skill and sophistry — they ascribe all their own failings to those very same competitors, forcing them to answer for political, policy and social issues for which they are not responsible. To restate: You blame the other guy for things you did and hope it sticks.
On Thursday, August 15, Aurora Science & Tech opened its doors to over 150 6th graders. CBS4 came by to capture the very first morning meeting, and interview some students and teachers.
Researchers attempting to gauge the success of charter schools tend to focus on hard academic metrics: proficiency in fourth-grade reading, for example, or test scores in eighth-grade math, and achievement gaps between white and minority students.
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Whether you attended Senior Leadership Institute, New Staff Training, New Teacher Training, or of course, Infusion this summer, you likely noticed that breakfast was missing as we kicked off the day. The rumors are true- we are no longer providing breakfast at network events or meetings.
Know anyone looking for a role for this school year? Send them to us as a referral. DSST Public Schools is hiring the following positions for immediate start:
It’s been almost 50 years since Kamala Harris stepped onto a school bus and out of her racially redlined neighborhood amid the desegregation of the Berkeley, California, schools. Five decades later, the question of who goes to school where remains pivotal to kids’ and families’ lives and to the communities we build in this country.
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