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Another approach to Charters and facilities
News of a school board moving beyond an initial adversarial approach to facilities and charter schools: The district sponsored few charters and refused to lease empty schools to them even as many of its buildings stood empty. Still, other city charter schools thrived. … Continue reading
Competition and choice in space sharing
Several of the recent articles on the DPS school-sharing proposal feature school representatives voicing their fear over increased “competition.” In doing so they further blur a complex line between competition and choice, which finds that choice (and the resulting specialization) … Continue reading
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Controversy include space for academics?
This Denver Post article about space-sharing in DPS focuses on two schools (Kennedy and West) who both have strong parent advocates who want their schools left alone. The article does not mention their academic programs, so let’s look: WEST: is currently ranked … Continue reading
ProComp 2.0: Deja Voodoo all over again?
Perhaps the biggest flaw in the initial version of ProComp was not the plan itself, but the chasm between how ProComp was described and what it actually contained. During the ballot initiative process numerous groups — including ProComp’s designers and … Continue reading
Taxpayers, school bonds, and financial markets
Yesterday, Douglas County voters rejected a $395 million bond issue for renovation and construction of school buildings, and also dinged a $17 million ballot issue to finance educational programs and boost teacher salaries. Somewhat overshadowed is the same-day news (via … Continue reading
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Allen Iverson: A Teaching Moment
I’m sorry to see Allen Iverson leave the Denver Nuggets, partly because my four-year-old son has an AI jersey, but also because he was one of my favorite teaching examples. One of the central debates on teachers is if one … Continue reading
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The missing word…
Superintendent Michael Bennet discussing school choice in Monday’s Rocky Mountain News: “The strategy going forward is making sure many more of our schools, whether they’re neighborhood schools or magnet schools or elementary or secondary schools, are places people would rather send … Continue reading
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