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The power of affluent parenting
The principal at Denver School for the Arts (DSA) has resigned (see here). DSA is one of the most lauded schools in DPS, drawing students from well outside the district (side note that this is not necessarily good). The principal has … Continue reading
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Bureaucracy is as bureaucracy does…
EdNews Colorado has a story which encapsulates so much of why entrenched systems in public schools don’t change. It’s about school lunch and the Colorado Department of Education. And it ain’t healthy. Poor kids get screwed in many ways, and school lunches … Continue reading
Media Coverage (sigh)
Here is the headline on an article from the Rocky on Wednesday: DPS has no plans to close schools, job finalist says Here is the information that led to the headline, five paragraphs later: [Boasberg] said there were no plans to close … Continue reading
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The difficulty of community engagement
Much hay is being made over the lack of community participation in the DPS superintendent announcement. In my mind, this decision suffers primarily from its unfortunate timing downstream from the appointments of CO Secretary of State, and US Senator. By far the weakest … Continue reading
The DPS supt.: person or process?
Media reports discuss the current “choice” for DPS superintendent, but that is a misnomer. There is no existing choice between qualified candidates. The alternative here is between a person and a process. There are two different paths. One of them is fraught … Continue reading
Education resolution: diminish dualism
The mind tends towards division and opposition: heads v. tails, black v. white, defense v. offense, progressive v. conservative, Capulet v. Montague. This simplicity has its advantages, but considered and thoughtful debate is not one of them. In education generally — … Continue reading
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The charter difference in D.C.
Having just posted on the need to close bad charter schools, it’s good to end the week on a positive note. In Washington D.C., long one of the cities with the worst public education system in the nation, charters are … Continue reading
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