Broad celebration was a success!
Thank you to everyone who was able to join us on Friday night for our celebration of DSST’s Broad...
08/27/18
Broad celebration was a success!
Thank you to everyone who was able to join us on Friday night for our celebration of DSST’s Broad Prize win! Issac Slade (of The Fray) played an awesome set for our staff which included him walking into the crowd for an acoustic surrounded by our staff.
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08/27/18
Initiative 73 and school funding
Data from the 2016 fiscal year, the latest available, show that nationwide, public school districts on average spend $11,762 per pupil, and Colorado schools spend on average $9,575 per pupil, according to the United States Census Bureau.
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08/23/18
Talking integrated schools in Alabama
It's the first week of class in a new school in Sumter County, Ala., and some fourth-graders are getting to know each other. They have pieces of colored paper they can do anything they want with — the idea is to be creative. Teacher Morri Mordecai cheers them on.
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08/22/18
NYT op-ed got school choice wrong
"After a much-needed break from all things education, I returned to find an op-ed in The New York Times from Antioch University writing professor Erin Aubry Kaplan about school choice. I hate arguing with an author who worships President Obama, but for the life of me, I cannot abide her incoherent argument against charter schools.
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08/22/18
Expert advice about school restarts
We say it every year: the summer flew by! That’s certainly how I feel about my summer at Bellwether Education Partners as a Strategic Advising fellow. As I get ready to go back to graduate school, I’m reflecting on my work with a group of school leaders taking on the critical task of school turnaround, who we supported with strategic planning.
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08/20/18
Plantiff Oliver Brown would have been 100 years old today
Rev. Oliver Brown, born Aug. 19, 1918, became a household name in May 1954 when he led a group of plaintiffs in a Supreme Court victory over the Topeka, Kansas, Board of Education.
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08/16/18
Educating Children of Color Summit
Save the date, the next summit is January 19th, 2019! Registration begins September 15, 2018.
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08/09/18
Calming Those Back-to-School Jitters
When I was in middle and high school, I remember being so excited to start a new school year. But I also recall feeling anxious, nervous, and sometimes even downright terrified to head back to school. Transitions to new schools were especially frightening. Would I be able to find my classes? Would the teacher be mean to me if I was late? Would I know anyone? And, oh my God, the cafeteria! What if none of my friends had the same lunch as me?! High school, in particular, petrified me. It didn’t help that my older sister and her friends would look at me and shake their heads, saying, "You’re never going to make it."
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08/09/18
Teachers: Win $15,000
Colorado educators: Do you have an idea for how to transform your school or classroom? Share it and you could be eligible to win one of two $15,000 awards from #TheSucceedsPrize.
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